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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick,

Roger Zelazny (Introduction)

Start date: November 1, 2014

Finish date: November 30, 2014

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Jul 01, 2011 Brian rated it really liked it

Shelves: nerd-stuff

(4.0) I liked it, felt like a continuation (and deeper exploration) of Bradbury's Mars-related work

I had just read a bunch of Bradbury, so that's probably why I kept thinking back to him while reading this. Feels like a novel that fits somewhere into the 'history' of post-nuclear exchange on Earth and colonization of Mars.

And if I try to compare to William Gibson (not really a fair comparison, they wrote different stuff, but they're two popular science fiction authors among my coworkers), I defi ...more

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Nov 06, 2009 Megan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: sci-fi-dystopian

Androids! Murder! Goat Murder! Intrigue! EXPLORING WHAT IT IS THAT TRULY MAKES US HOOMAN! This novel is a sci-fi classic for a reason.

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Nov 24, 2010 travelgirlut rated it liked it

I don't know what to say about this book. On the one hand, it was an interesting sci-fi story. On the other hand, I feel like I failed to really grasp what the whole thing was really about. I know that any book by Philip K. Dick has some sort of deeper meaning, but here it sat right below the surface and never really showed itself to me. Oh well. At least it was a quick and mostly entertaining read. ...more

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May 01, 2011 Carla rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own, portuguese, 2013

It has interesting themes, especially concerning empathy and what makes someone human, but the Portuguese translation lacks some of that empathy and everything seems bland and superficial. I have yet to finish the book in English, but I'm enjoying it much more in the original language. ...more

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