Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: Setting 1 key example

Definition of Setting

Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or it can be an imagined... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the... read full definition

Key Examples in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Setting
Explanation and Analysis:

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is set in San Francisco on a single day: January 3, 2021. From the moment in the 1960s when Philip K. Dick was writing the novel, this date represented a semi-near future when the world might be forever altered by nuclear warfare.