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Rated Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 6/10

Really interesting ideas sandwiched in a bit of a weird trip.<br/><br/>I'm sure there's an English studies thesis for this book, but I'm utterly unqualified. This book was, kind of all over the shop.<br/><br/>I'm very familiar with Blade Runner (both director's cut and OG) and I'd known ahead of time that the book it was based on was _not_ the same. <br/><br/>There's actually a fairly coherent string of plot that's similar to the ideas of the movie: identity and self awareness.<br/><br/>The middle section of the book is actually pretty linear to follow.<br/><br/>It's mostly the sections that involve Mercer and the mind fusing that the characters go through. Specifically when there's no purposeful fusing - in that two characters, Deckard included, seem to just start tripping and interacting with Mercer, or... having "thought" stones thrown at them... I'm not sure. <br/><br/>The Mercer sections, I found myself reading for the ride, but not really knowing what was going on. <br/><br/>I'm glad I've finally got a Philip K. Dick book under my belt, though I was warned that this particular book probably isn't the best choice for a first. <br/><br/>What does stand out is for a book written in 1968, it reads like something that was written recently (perhaps with the exception of the flying cars _still_ using petrol!).

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Published 2026-08-01 11:10 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere