Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Volume 3

Dick, Philip K. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Graphic Novel, vol. 3. 2011. 144p. ISBN 978-1-60886-577-2. 741.5 DIC on the library shelves.

Left facing certain death at the end of a gun in Volume 2, Rick Deckard attempts to escape Luba by proving to her that he really is with the police. He is fairly certain she’s an android, however, so he knows he’s unlikely to escape with his life. Luba does something unpredictable. She calls the police, and the arriving agent arrests Deckard.

When he’s taken to a different police station than his own, Deckard knows that something is wrong. When Lieutenant Garland introduced Deckart to Phil Resch, another bounty hunter, the two compare notes on their methods. Garland, however, cannot explain why he’s the next android wanted by Deckart. Tests on Polokov come back positive for android, and Lieutenant Garland, who’s in charge of the station, is forced to admit to Deckart that he is in fact an android, and that the entire police station is manned by androids hiding in plain sight. Resch is one too, though he doesn’t know it.

Resch returns to the lieutenant’s office to test him, but Garland pulls a gun on Resch, and Resch shoots him. Deckart and Resch head to the museum where Luba is visiting an exhibition, and also terminate her. By this time Resch has figured out he’s an android as well, but Deckart tells him that at the moment he’s not wanted, and therefore he will not turn him in. That’s when Deckart asks him, “Do androids have a soul?”