Bob K. (najzere) reviewed on 5/22/2008 + 11 more book reviews

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Rating: 5/5

This is actually the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, not Blade Runner. If you saw the movie and liked it, there is no guarantee that you will like this book. However, this is a brilliant, classic novel by a brilliant, classic sci-fi writer.

The story still has androids (a.k.a. replicants) and a detective who hunts them, but where the movie was mainly about man's reliance on machine and the definition of life, the book is more about human spirituality.

Instead of approaching the question of whether the androids are self-determining, thinking, LIVING things by asking whether they feel emotion and empathy, the book asks whether the androids can join us in a communal, religious experience and connect with other living beings in a spiritual way.

That's all just a theme though, there's still all the action and cool stuff in the book that makes sci-fi great. This book is a classic piece of science fiction literature and a must read.

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