Philip K. Dick
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| Title | : | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner #1) |
| Author | : | Philip K. Dick |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 258 pages |
| Published | : | February 26th 2008 by Ballantine Books (first published January 1968) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Horror. Science Fiction |
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I could say that I love Dick, but that would be weird. I do very much enjoy Philip K. Dick's writing and though this is not one of his best, the "Pizza and Sex Rule" applies to him; ie. just as even bad pizza and / or sex is still pretty good, bad PKD is as well. And this is not bad at all.The first mistake that a new reader would make is to watch Blade Runner and expect a novelization of that film; it was LOOSELY based upon the book. I'm a big fan of the Ridley Scott film starring Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer, but the movie diverged from Phillip K. Dick's literature early on. The book is far more bleak than the film, if you can believe that, and much more intricate and complicated. Blade Runner benefits from a simplified storyline.
The author was far ahead of his time both in the complexity of his story and the perspective from which he writes. There are elements of Brave New World, I, Robot, and Dune; but the author has a unique voice and the story is an original. It is not an excellent work, as there are gaps and inconsistencies and many loose ends that are never tied in, but the concept and provocation are superb.
One element of the book that was completely left out of the film was a sub-plot involving a Christ-like messiah and a faith system based upon what could have been a hoax. First published in 1968, this was one of his more theological based novels, and a trend that would continue steadily becoming more frequent and invasive until the end of his writing.
A MUST read for PKD fans as well as SF/F fans period.
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| Original Title: | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? ASIN B000SEGTI0 |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Blade Runner #1 |
| Characters: | Rick Deckard, John Isidore, Roy Baty, Rachael Rosen, Iran Deckard, Phil Resch, Luba Luft, Bill Barbour, Pris Stratton, Hannibal Sloat, Irmgard Baty, Inspector Garland, Max Polokov, Wilbur Mercer, Buster Friendly, Al Jarry |
| Setting: | San Francisco, California(United States) California(United States) United States of America |
| Literary Awards: | Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1968) |
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Raise your hand if you saw my name next to a five star rating and thought you were dreaming. Dreaming of electric sheep. Boom. Ohhhhhhhhhhh baby. How have I not read this until now? Why havent I seen Blade Runner before? Why?! Why?! Whyyyyyyyyyyy.........Everything about this book is just, just, so... just so... everything about this book, man, this book, its just so... it is. This book. Awesome. This book is awesome. Words Im trying to eliminate from my vocabulary: man, awesome, cool, legit,It's the basic condition of life to be required to violate our own identity. Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?Having hooked up all the iridescent wires from my XC-23 Weird and Crazy in Fiction Test Machine to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Im here to report results showed the needle registering a maximum ten out of ten on each and every page. Quite a feat. Quite a novel. But then again, maybe we shouldnt be so surprised - after all, this is Philip K. Dick. One of the
I'm worried that most people will misunderstand the intelligence behind this book. I have met a few people who have said, "that book? I read that in high school." My response is "did you understand this book in high school?"Am I wrong in saying that first, one should read Kafka; second, one should understand how Kafka's fiction functions as a blend of anthropology, theology, and philosophy, among other things. Then, read Phillip K. Dick again, and notice the themes of paranoia, identity crisis,
Philip K. Dick has packed his fabulous Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? with all the phobias and anxieties of the sixties: the third world war, the post-apocalyptic bleakness, nature in the state of the ultimate decline, collapse of ecology, degradation of mankind and the desperate fighting to keep ones identity.The novel is a cat-and-mouse game but the protagonist stands before the problem of moral choice: whish one is a cat and which one is a mouse?The old man said, You will be required to
Probably my favorite Philip K. Dick book, Goodreads' favorite too by the look of it. As you are probably aware the classic sci-fi movie Blade Runner is based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Great as the movie is when I first saw it I was very disappointed as it bears very little resemblance to this book. The filmmakers jettisoned most of what makes this book so special and focused only on the android hunting aspect though at least it does explore the moral issues involved. The movies
390. Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner #1), Philip K. DickDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in 1968. The novel is set in a post-apocalyptic San Francisco, where Earth's life has been greatly damaged by nuclear global war. Most animal species are endangered or extinct from extreme radiation poisoning, so that owning an animal is now a sign of status and empathy, an attitude encouraged towards
This is the book Blade Runner was based on. Which is why I decided to read it. You might think this was a bad idea on my part. You might be right.This novel is a cult classic. You're supposed to love cult classics right? Right. Well guess what? Not only did I not love this book, it pretty much bored me to death, too. Yay.Don't get me wrong, this book is somewhat brilliant. Well, okay, if it had actually been brilliant I'd obviously have given it a 4-star rating. So let's just say this book is
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