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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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A good read, but sometimes confusing, especially the end.
Note: The film Blade Runner is based on this book. I have not seen the movie.
Rick Deckard is a bounty hunter, his job is to 'retire', kill, androids which have illegally immigrated to Earth from space colonies, namely Mars, where they are used as machinery.
J.R. Isidore is a very lonely 'special', meaning he has some sort of genetic damage and has a lower intelligence. He drives a animal ambulance for electronic animals. The Earth is in such bad shape that animals are rare and are now revered. Owning an animal is a status symbol, those who can't afford animals purchase electric ones hoping their neighbors never notice the difference.
Philip K. Dick is insane. The weird stuff this guy comes up with goes into one of two categories, brilliant or drug induced, and the line between them is very thin.
The world was interesting but the exposition is usually very subtle which can easily confuse the reader if you aren't paying attention. Things are mentioned in passing and built upon as the novel progresses which I love but at the end I was left wanting to know more about the world that Dick created.
Throughout the book there are several instances where the reader isn't really sure what is going on. Is this person an android? Is everyone an android? Am I an android? What the hell is happening?
Towards the end it starts to get a little too trippy and strange for me with the whole Mercer guy. (view spoiler)
I feel like the end was supposed to be meaningful but...
Overall I did not enjoy this book as much as A Scanner Darkly but I was entertained. It did take me a long time to get through this book, longer than it should have considering the page count, but it just wasn't a page turner. There are a few on the edge of your seat moments but they are very rare and the prose often comes across as dry and lacking enthusiasm or emotion.
by
A good read, but sometimes confusing, especially the end.
Note: The film Blade Runner is based on this book. I have not seen the movie.
Rick Deckard is a bounty hunter, his job is to 'retire', kill, androids which have illegally immigrated to Earth from space colonies, namely Mars, where they are used as machinery.
J.R. Isidore is a very lonely 'special', meaning he has some sort of genetic damage and has a lower intelligence. He drives a animal ambulance for electronic animals. The Earth is in such bad shape that animals are rare and are now revered. Owning an animal is a status symbol, those who can't afford animals purchase electric ones hoping their neighbors never notice the difference.
Philip K. Dick is insane. The weird stuff this guy comes up with goes into one of two categories, brilliant or drug induced, and the line between them is very thin.
The world was interesting but the exposition is usually very subtle which can easily confuse the reader if you aren't paying attention. Things are mentioned in passing and built upon as the novel progresses which I love but at the end I was left wanting to know more about the world that Dick created.
Throughout the book there are several instances where the reader isn't really sure what is going on. Is this person an android? Is everyone an android? Am I an android? What the hell is happening?
Towards the end it starts to get a little too trippy and strange for me with the whole Mercer guy. (view spoiler)
I feel like the end was supposed to be meaningful but...
Overall I did not enjoy this book as much as A Scanner Darkly but I was entertained. It did take me a long time to get through this book, longer than it should have considering the page count, but it just wasn't a page turner. There are a few on the edge of your seat moments but they are very rare and the prose often comes across as dry and lacking enthusiasm or emotion.
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Reading Progress
January 14, 2012
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June 24, 2014
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September 9, 2014
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