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A review by zachroyer
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
5.0
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is comprised of many favorite storytelling elements of mine. Poetic prose, subtle foreshadowing, parallels within its world and of our own. I love PKD's creative world building, which modern writers should and have found inspiration out of. The Empathy Box, Nexus 6 Brain units, guided laser tubes all helped me feel enveloped in the cyberpunk world.
The irony of Rick Deckard's mind is so monumental and relative to my own life. All in a day's work, Deckard has a shift in his personal paradigm, questioning life and death, and what it means to be human. As a modern reader, Deckard's mind alteration was not a surprise, as "Androids" are all around us. The debate about the ethics of killing these androids was already settled in my head, but it was fun to see it play out in Deckard's. In the final chapter, when Rick travels to the Oregon boarder and spots what he believes to be a living toad, I became emotionally moved. We find out a few pages later that the toad is electric, but Deckard's ignorance places more importance on a single living toad, ignoring the life in the Androids he murdered hours before. Phil Resch is another prominent figure representing the debate of life. Working under and for the faked Police department, his entire life is upended, and Resch questions his own consciousness. I love the parallels throughout and the closing moral of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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The irony of Rick Deckard's mind is so monumental and relative to my own life. All in a day's work, Deckard has a shift in his personal paradigm, questioning life and death, and what it means to be human. As a modern reader, Deckard's mind alteration was not a surprise, as "Androids" are all around us. The debate about the ethics of killing these androids was already settled in my head, but it was fun to see it play out in Deckard's. In the final chapter, when Rick travels to the Oregon boarder and spots what he believes to be a living toad, I became emotionally moved. We find out a few pages later that the toad is electric, but Deckard's ignorance places more importance on a single living toad, ignoring the life in the Androids he murdered hours before. Phil Resch is another prominent figure representing the debate of life. Working under and for the faked Police department, his entire life is upended, and Resch questions his own consciousness. I love the parallels throughout and the closing moral of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?