Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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Published Nov. 21, 2010

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978-0-575-09418-5
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (retroactively retitled Blade Runner: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? in some later printings) is a dystopian 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 a nuclear global war, leaving most animal species endangered or extinct. The main plot follows Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter who is tasked with "retiring" (i.e. killing) six escaped Nexus-6 model androids, while a secondary plot follows John Isidore, a man of sub-par IQ who aids the fugitive androids. The book served as the primary basis for the 1982 film Blade Runner, even though some aspects of the novel were changed, and many elements and themes from it were used in the film's 2017 sequel Blade Runner 2049.

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Une bonne réflexion sur la nature humaine ^^

4 stars

Critique après avoir lu cet ouvrage je peux le dire avec simplicité j’ai été surpris et prie dans une boucle qui me poussait à m’interroger sur la vérité sur le bien et le mal.

ma critique contiendra surement des spoilers que je signalais mais pour plus de confort de lecture je vous conseil de lire ma critique si vous avait déjà lu le livre Nous sommes donc dans un monde ravager par la dernière grande guerre qui et contaminer par de la radioactivité rien de bien surprenant au premier abord juste un aperçut de se qui nous attend

La présentation des humains et diviser en 2 catégories. Ceux qui ont développé un système immunitaire qui les protège des radiations et ceux qui ne l’on pas développer dit « spéciaux » qui sont dénigres priver de certain droit et rejeter par la société.

Du a la contamination de la planète une …

une bonne réflexion sur la nature humaine

4 stars

Content warning Mention spéciale pour le premier test il ma retournée le cerveau personnellement le retournement de situation

reviewed Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner)

Reality and illusion mashed together (again)

4 stars

I've read a few of Dick's novels, and a common theme is a sort of nightmare of suburban reality and domestic life. From the top here you get protagonist Deckard's unhappy marriage, in a home where the "mood organ" is an essential appliance. It allows you to schedule whatever emotion or experience you feel you need to have, be it loving your job or enjoying television. Then there's the status symbol of having a pet. Animals are rare and expensive, but if you can only afford a robotic replica (an electric sheep) you won't impress the neighbours who might own a real one.

As he gets into his action man job, hunting illegal human replicants, Deckard stumbles into part of the city where everything is flipped. Biological humans are illegal, robotic detectives hunt them. But one key question is the same in both worlds: how can you know if you're …

Review of 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

El worldbuilding, los temas que se tratan, los personajes... Todos los elementos por sí mismos son una pasada, pero lo que es el desarrollo de las escenas... No entiendo porqué los personajes hacen muchas cosas o porqué cambian de opinión constantemente, y lo del mercerismo tampoco lo acabo de pillar. Los personajes femeninos y todo el rollo el sexo, corramos un tupido velo y aceptemos pulpo por la época en la que se escribió. El final me ha dejado así :|

Review of 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I always manage to convince myself that this time, the ending of a PKD novel will actually make sense. I love a lot of his short stories, and even manage to get my head around the occasional novel. Dick was concerned that were he to write a tie-in to the Blade Runner movie on which this novel was based it would have to appeal to kids. I can sort of see the worry, his action scenes, though written with his typical detachment, could be produced into something very serviceable for the screen.

There's a lot of philosophy in this book, a lot of probing of consciousness, a good deal of existentialism and I think reading it quickly just as light entertainment might've robbed me of a few of the nuances. One to come back to one day.

Review of 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Is it at all strange to claim a work that raises immense levels of despair and existential angst in the reader as a favourite? It feels wrong somehow. 'Favourites' should induce joy and wonderment, not dread, fear, and self-loathing. Nevertheless, there you have it. Id est, quid id est.

DADES? is one of those novels that reveals more and more every time you read it, exposing new pleasures and forgotten plot points. The movie version keeps pushing the novel to the side in my head, and while it is a superb film, it really isn't the novel. Aside from a few themes and character names, it's barely recognizable from its literary origins.

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