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Title	:	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner #1)
Author	:	Philip K. Dick
Book Format	:	Kindle Edition
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 258 pages
Published	:	February 26th 2008 by Ballantine Books (first published January 1968)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Horror. Science Fiction

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner #1) Kindle Edition | Pages: 258 pages

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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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Very interesting story on which the epic film Blade Runner was based. The ideas are certainly original and I'd imagine that Ghost in the Shell was at least partially inspired by the ideas. I just felt the character development was rather shallow and the action somewhat predictable even if I was impatient to push on to see what would happen next. Well, I'll try a few more PKD stories, but perhaps it just isn't my style - sort of inventive like Isaac Asimov but trying to be trashy like Elmore

I'd watched Blade Runner several times, but hadn't read Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. The book and movie don't entirely match up, but they are both thought-provoking and entertaining in their own right. Fans of the film will notice serious discrepancies in the book as I did (and vice versa). Still, they somehow compliment each other. That's not a common response when I read a book after watching a film, or more commonly watching a film after reading the book. Before

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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

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