Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick
No fan of sci-fi nor dystopian novels, this was not a read I was looking forward to. In fact, it took me two months to finish this acclaimed novel. What was alarming was the relevance to today’s prevalence of AI.
Earth has been nearly destroyed and most of those that survived, have migrated to other planets/colonies. Those left behind are either “special” or bounty hunters paid to hunt down rebel Androids disguised as humans
The novel’s central character, Rick Deckard is a bounty hunter who hopes to cash in and replace his electric sheep with a real live, and difficult to come by, animal. As his hunt intensifies, he begins to question his mission and worries that his ability to distinguish between humans and androids is failing him.
John Isidore is classified as a “special”, likely due to the results of radiation poisining. He works for a company that repairs robotic animals for people who cannot afford the real thing. He is trully isolated in that both humans and androids treat him as “less than” yet he seems to be more self-aware than those around him.
An android posing as a human, Rachel Rosen Nexus is able to manipulate Deckard in order to gain empathy for other androids.
Quotes:
The old man said, “You will be required to do wrong no matter where you go. It is the basic condition of life, to be required to violate your own identity. At some time, every creature which lives must do so. It is the ultimate shadow, the defeat of creation, this is the curse at work, the curse that feeds on all life. Everywhere in the universe.”
Perhaps I could meet Mr. Dick in the windy city where I’d certainly fail at feigning interest in sci-fi. Hopefully he’d share his ability to foresee earth’s future.
My rating for Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is a 7 out of 10.
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