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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick’s Presentation Of Empathy

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By on Aug 3rd, 2012

Philip K. Dick is viewed by many as the father of modern science fiction.  His book, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is one of the reasons for that title.  Originally published in 1968, the story follows Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter who is charged by the police to eliminate rogue androids.  However, this story…

Genre Writing

Is Genre Writing Literature?

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By on Jul 10th, 2012

Is genre writing, particularly science fiction and fantasy literature?  Recently it has become a topic of hot debate among the creative writing big wigs.  One side believes that no, fantasy and science fiction are not literature, period.  The other side thinks that they can be. What is literature?  Literature is defined as: “writings in which…