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Answer
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The year the novel was published.
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1968
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The defining feature of a human being in the universe of the novel.
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Empathy
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As a contrast to the 'merry' alarm of the mood organ, how is Rick's wife Iran first described?
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Gray / Grey / Unmerry
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Rick's profession.
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Bounty Hunter / Android Hunter
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The organic animal owned by Rick's neighbor, Bill.
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Horse
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Official term for buying goods simply to show off your wealth. In modern parlance it is often called 'flexing.'
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Conspicuous Consumption
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German word meaning fake. Used by Dick to describe electric animals.
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Ersatz
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Earth-inhabiting men have to wear this Medieval protective item to protect against infertility.
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Codpiece
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The first animals to die as a result of radioactive dust.
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Owls
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The name given to androids when they were weapons of war.
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Synthetic Freedom Fighter
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Mysterious international conflict which devastated Earth.
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World War Terminus / WWT / Terminus
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Government marketing slogan, used to encourage Earth-dwellers to move to Mars: "Emigrate or..."
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Degenerate
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Android who befriends John Isidore in chapter 6.
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Pris Stratton / Stratton
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Term for low IQ individuals who are not allowed the option to migrate to off-world colonies.
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Special
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The most important object in any Earth-dweller's home.
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TV / Television
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Pejorative used to describe low IQ Earth-dwellers.
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Chickenheads
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Religious figure. His followers fuse with him via empathy box.
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Mercer / Wilber Mercer
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The enemies of the above.
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The Killers
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The bounty reward for retiring a fugitive android.
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$1000
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Rick's colleague, shot by an android.
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Dave Holden / Holden
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Rick's employer. A well-established police inspector.
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Harry Bryant / Bryant
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This form of biographical data can be directly installed into an android.
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Memory
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The newest model of android. Considered a threat for their intellectual and technical prowess.
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Nexus 6
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Test used to ascertain the empathic abilities of an individual. Used to identify androids.
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Voight-Kampff
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Human personality disorder characterized by apathy, a lack of interest in social relations and empathic feelings. Would not pass the above.
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Schizoid
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TV personality. Produces fourty six hours of content a day.
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Buster Friendly / Friendly
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Useless objects. When nobody is around, it reproduces itself.
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Kipple
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After WWT, one of the world's most important industries.
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Disposal / Waste / Waste Disposal / Garbage Disposal / Trash Disposal
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Android who shot Bryant. Retired by Rick Deckard.
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Max Polokov / Polokov
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The convention of a complex, dangerous woman in noir fiction.
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Femme Fatale
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