Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Jun 19, 2020 Jessica Haider rated it really liked it

Shelves: dystopia, book-to-film, sci-fi, 1001-books, its-the-end-of-the-world, 1000_books

So, this book is set in 2021. That's next year. This book was written in the late 60s and while we aren't quite there technology wise (no humanoid androids walking around)..it IS 2020 and some pretty wild stuff has happened this year, so maybe the androids are on their way. :)

This book is set in a post-apocalyptic San Fransisco in 2021. Society is living in a world damaged by World War Terminus. There are dust clouds, the world is overrun with "kipple" (rubble, scraps, garbage etc), people have ...more

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Jan 19, 2016 Nadine in NY Jones rated it it was amazing

Shelves: saw-the-movie-b4-i-read-the-book, dystopian-and-post-apocalyptic, fantasy-and-sci-fi, classic, 1001-books, cyberpunk, noir

“Everything is true,” he said. “Everything anybody has ever thought.”

This is my first Philip K Dick book. That's kind of shocking, because I've been reading science fiction for decades (but somehow I mostly skipped Dick, Heinlein, Bradbury, and Poul). Actually, for years I thought I HAD read this book. Then I saw Blade Runner, and realized I had confused "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" with "Is There Life on a Plastic Planet?" Understandable, right? (Just say "yes.")

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Oct 17, 2008 Ann rated it really liked it

Time to start reading more sci-fi. This book was so good. In a post-apocalyptic and nearly-uninhabitable world, many people have left for colonies on other planets, taking with them androids that are indistinguishable from humans except for their lack of empathy. Some humans have remained on earth, and some androids have escaped the colonies and are trying to live in their midst, but bounty hunters are tasked with "retiring" them. Interesting philosophical questions about what makes us human. Th ...more

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Aug 19, 2007 martha rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: apocalypses-dystopi

This was really well done scifi; the world was believable and the characters compelling and everyone second guessing who was a clone was VERY reminiscent of the new Battlestar Galactica. I'm still not sure I fully grasp the whole Mercerism thing, but I really enjoyed reading this.

[Earlier I said:]
1. Somehow I did NOT KNOW that this = Blade Runner. How embarrassing.
2. I've only just started but I'm totally identifying with his desperation for a pet (which I don't think is the point). Basically my ...more

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