My Goodreads review: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I chose to listen to this because I'm a multiple viewer of the movie Bladerunner. I've really enjoyed each viewing (though wasn't at all happy with its sequel), & I figured it was time to try the book. Unfortunately, the book has much less in common with Bladerunner than I'd expected. The movie is a generally well-paced, SF noir adventure. The book . . . is not.

I'd never read/listened to a full-length Philip K. Dick book before, so I suspect I wasn't prepared for his style. What I wound up experiencing was a slow-paced look at Decker's work as an android bounty hunter, his home life, & his relationship with an electronic religion which seems to provide minimal hope in a post-WW III world. The book felt like a very dated future, & the plot meandered a great deal. I did, however, find out about the electric sheep!

I'm not sure who I would recommend this to, but I'm glad to have finally experienced a Philip K. Dick novel. YMMV, definitely.



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