Is Deckard a Replicant in the Book?

Rick Deckard is a fictional character, the protagonist of Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Harrison Ford portrayed the character in the 1982 film adaptation, Blade Runner, and reprised his role in the 2017 sequel, Blade Runner 2049.

Is Deckard a replicant or not?

Deckard takes the Voight-Kampff test and passes, confirming that he is a human. ... According to several interviews with Scott, Deckard is a replicant. Deckard collects photographs which are seen on his piano, yet has no obvious family beyond a reference to his ex-wife (who called him a "cold fish").

Is Deckard human in the book?

Dick wrote the character Deckard as a human in the original novel in order to explore the increasing similarity of humans and replicants.

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