Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
 

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

by Philip K. Dick

"The most consistently brilliant science fiction writer in the world."
--John Brunner
THE INSPIRATION FOR BLADERUNNER. . .
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was published in 1968. Grim and foreboding, even today it is a masterpiece ahead of its time.
By 2021, the World War had killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who... (read more)

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sbrowning
  • Rated 5 stars

An incredibly moving novel which shows humans trying to cling to their humanity in a bleak future. The Earth has been spoiled by war, the best-and-brightest have migrated 'off-world' to colonies. Animals themselves have become rare, so much so that it is a status symbol to own some type of living creature. Except most people are just kidding themselves, the animals they own are actually robots - hence the 'electric sheep' in the title. PKD builds a very rich backstory to all of this, right...

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HBee
  • Rated 1 stars

I thought the story was too dark. Nothing changed from the beginning to the end. The characters did not appeal to me in anyway.

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  • Rated 4.049809 stars
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  • Rated 4 stars
 

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  • Lachie

    lachie said:

    Great book, Bladerunner was probably better, however Dick's other book A Scanner Darkly is far superior and the film of that is a more faithful reinterpretation.

    posted 5 days ago
  • tracey g

    tracey g said:

    I liked it , but I didn't love it.
    I think I was biased. I wanted it to be BLADERUNNER.

    posted 11 days ago
  • Melodi W

    melodi w said:

    an easy read just for fun...1984ish. Satisfies my science fiction friends. Not my usual genre.

    posted Friday, January 4 2008
  • bookmanpc

    bookmanpc said:

    "Grasp the handles FIRMLY Deckard!".

    posted Wednesday, September 12 2007
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