Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Overall fairly engaging and something I can see myself rereading in the future.

At what point is there no difference between us and a machine - when that machine has stopped being a simple tool and has a will of its own? No, of course, because they can't possibly have empathy, a requirement to be human. Or is it a requirement? What is empathy? The simulataneous feeling of emotion of another, perhaps. Or maybe... It's really as simply as Identifying with another.

At least that might be the case with some of the Nexus-6 androids. Interesting for it to be revealed near the climax that empathic religion of Mercerism, Humanity's dangling example of betterment over the androids, is a hoax of a religion (at least from a logical Andy standpoint). In any case the differences in felt empathy between our main character and the other bounty hunter conveys that this humanly intrinsic sense of emotions for others isn't quite equal across the board.

A showcase of how humans can't help but catergorize in order to create hierarchy. The "Special" character in the mix did not necessarily strike me as someone of low grade intelligence, judging by his internal thoughts. Just as a lonely man suffering from society and his given place in it. He may be seen as human but he sure as hell isn't treated much better than the androids.

Ironic that the majority of earth wants to go to the colonies while androids want to come to earth. Perhaps showing that the andy's have more of a human element than some humans.

I had been meaning to read a Phillip K. Dick novel for some time now, first physical copy I was able to get my paws on.

Backyard approves.

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coolfijiwater's review against another edition

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dark reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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brom's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

The book has a lot of interesting concepts, especially some that didn’t make it into the movie at all, like the religion Mercerism and the whole electric animals thing.

But there were so many things I didn’t enjoy, most importantly the protagonist. We are obviously supposed to symphasize with him, which is just not possible.

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luxxltyd's review

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adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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jessthanthree's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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doomluz's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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imaginefishes's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The book initially takes some time to set up the context and world-build, but once all that has been introduced, the plot begins to take off and a somewhat intense chase between the bounty hunter and the androids begin, which sucked me in and kept me enraptured. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where animals are far and few between and technology has advanced to incredible lengths (2021!), empathy is the main difference one can find between humans and androids: this book reflects on whether that statement is true; whether androids are nought but robots designed for tasks, to be obliterated at our will, and asks us what humans should be striving towards in their lives if not for the status quo dream.

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tessanie's review against another edition

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challenging reflective medium-paced

4.0

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