Well. They -are- androids as well. They are based on a kind of biological nanotechnology. They are androids, in that they are human-form 'robots' They are created more than grown. Part by part. But they are indistiguishable from humans because they are so biologically alike.
There would be better ways to tell if they are human or not today. But at the time the story was written, there wasn't.
Dick was less concerned with that. Just like all his other books and stories, he is more concerned with the definition of 'reality' and what that means. At what point is reality false? And can something be both real and false at the same time.
"Are you horselover fat?"
There would be better ways to tell if they are human or not today. But at the time the story was written, there wasn't.
Dick was less concerned with that. Just like all his other books and stories, he is more concerned with the definition of 'reality' and what that means. At what point is reality false? And can something be both real and false at the same time.
"Are you horselover fat?"