In Philip K Dick's 1968 novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, that forms the basis of the 1982 movie, a nuclear "World War Terminus" was responsible for post-apocalyptic San Francisco. This is the reason why most animals are dead and humans use bioengineering and cloning to create artificial animals like snakes and robot cats. … Continue reading Low-Yield Hot Take: Blade Runner’s Nuclear Plot Lost Like Tears in Fallout