Androids Electric Sheep
Science fiction fans who enjoy modern sci-fi like The Matrix, Blade Runner, and Artificial Intelligence, will really get into the classic sci-fi novels that inspired modern science fiction. The original sci-fi novels were so well crafted that they influenced entire outcroppings of literary and cinematic science-fiction and fantasy works.
Classic Android and Cyberpunk Science Fiction
Neuromancer by William Gibson (Ace, 1984, ISBN 0441569595)
This original novel popularized the “cyberpunk” genre. Originally published in '80s, this novel's use of unprecedented powerful imagery caused a sensation that may have inspired the Matrix and similar cyberpunk sci-fi books and movies which followed. Case, a “console cowboy,” can use his brain to merge with and tap into any computer in order to pirate data kept in a cyberspace matrix: a worldwide database with a crippled nervous system. With the aid of concealed-weapon toting Molly, Case embarks on a violent adventure in a futuristic cyberworld. Age 14+

