World War II has been over for 17 years. America has been divided between the Nazis and the Japanese. In the neutral buffer zone that divides the two lives the man in the high castle, the author of a work of fiction that offers an alternative theory of world history in which the Axis powers lost the war.

Popularly known as Blade Runner, because of its incarnation as a movie, 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' is Dick's most famous title. Stalking androids in 21st century megalopolis, Deckard begins to question just who is human and what human is. Staff Picks: The novel that Blade Runner is based on, this is a great example of thought provoking science fiction and the difference between books and film. Picked by Patrick