Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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As a novel by Philip K. Dick and one of the "SF Masterworks" series, this book is hugely disappointing. It fails at every level.
The setting is post-nuclear holocaust San Francisco. The premises for the new order are very obscure and sketchily presented. People have emigrated to other planets in vast numbers; the few that remain on Earth are slowly dying of radiation poisoning. Animals are so rare that owing them becomes a status symbol - so much so that people buy fake sheep. Rogue androids are hunted for bounty.
The plot is almost non-existent, the characters barely thumbnail sketches. Humour there is none.
It is a tribute to the author that the distinguished sci-fi novelist, Brian W. Aldiss, was prepared to find the words "complex" and "resonance" for the blurb. He is being most generous. The best I can say about this novel is that it is forgettable.
The setting is post-nuclear holocaust San Francisco. The premises for the new order are very obscure and sketchily presented. People have emigrated to other planets in vast numbers; the few that remain on Earth are slowly dying of radiation poisoning. Animals are so rare that owing them becomes a status symbol - so much so that people buy fake sheep. Rogue androids are hunted for bounty.
The plot is almost non-existent, the characters barely thumbnail sketches. Humour there is none.
It is a tribute to the author that the distinguished sci-fi novelist, Brian W. Aldiss, was prepared to find the words "complex" and "resonance" for the blurb. He is being most generous. The best I can say about this novel is that it is forgettable.
Journal Entry 2 by 
miketroll
at St David's Centre in Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom on Tuesday, March 21, 2006
miketroll at St David's Centre in Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom on Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Released 18 yrs ago (3/21/2006 UTC) at St David's Centre in Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom
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