The Android's Dream in The Alternative Worlds

May 16, 2012 Kara Babcock rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012-read, artificial-intelligence, thriller, science-fiction, from-library

Redshirts wasn't in stock Tuesday, and Kobo's DRM shenanigans made me loath to purchase the ebook despite my shiny new tablet. Fortunately, I had already borrowed The Android's Dream from the library. I try to pace myself between books by the same author, but in this case I suppose I'm making an exception. Not that I mind in John Scalzi's case.

The Android's Dream is what I would call clever but zany SF. It's about the race against time to find a breed of sheep to prevent a diplomatic investment ...more

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Mar 03, 2008 Sandi rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi, 2008

I really enjoyed Scalzi's "The Android's Dream." It's witty and filled with action. It has some of the strangest plot twists I've ever seen in any kind of novel, but Scalzi makes them oddly plausible, in a warped way. It's relatively clean, so you can recommend it to a teen without too much blushing.

I'd love to see it turned into a movie. A movie version would have to be tongue in cheek without being over the top. I'm thinking it should be something along the lines of "The Fifth Element." ...more

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Jan 04, 2009 This Is Not The Michael You're Looking For rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, fiction

This book is completely wacked. It's funny and twisted and delightful. It's almost impossible to describe the plot in any way that would do it justice without spoilers, so I'm not even going to try. In some sense it reminds me of something Douglas Adams would have written: not quite as outright funny, but with tighter plotting and twists. ...more

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May 03, 2011 Daniel Roy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sf, humor

I began reading The Android's Dream with high expectations, being a fan of John Scalzi from Old Man's War, The Ghost Brigades and The Last Colony. In Old Man's War, Scalzi deftly injected the military SF genre with an incredible dose of humor. The humor worked in large part because the characters themselves used it as a defense mechanism against an entire Universe out to kill them. It made the humor a bit desperate, bittersweet and absolutely hilarious.

The Android's Dream, contrary to Old Man's ...more

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