Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? in The Evolution of Science Fiction

From the Bookshelf of The Evolution of Science Fiction…

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick,

Roger Zelazny (Introduction)

Start date: July 1, 2014

Finish date: July 31, 2014

Discussion: Group Reads 2019

Why we're reading this: This was joint winner of the Philip K Dick poll to be read in July 2014.
[close] This was joint winner of the Philip K Dick poll to be read in July 2014.

Find A Copy At

Group Discussions About This Book

Showing 2 of 16 topics — 1,317 comments total

Group Reads 2019

* December 2019 Group Read 1/2 Alas, Babylon
By Cheryl · 47 posts · 27 views

last updated Dec 31, 2019 01:26PM

* December 2019 Group Read 2/2 1984
By Cheryl · 89 posts · 35 views

last updated Dec 23, 2019 08:50AM

showing 10 of 12 topics view all »

What Members Thought

Jun 14, 2007 RJ - Slayer of Trolls rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: re-read, guardian-1000-read, 1001-books-read

A bounty hunter is assigned to "retire" some escaped androids. In itself, that would be enough for a compelling SF action romp, but author PKD has more on his mind. On a post-war Earth, humans interact with androids, animals and "specials" (humans who are impaired due to exposure to toxic "dust") with varying degrees of empathy, giving us an opportunity to ponder the relative value of each life. There's plenty of Dick's quirky absurdist humor along with more action than the usual PKD offering, b ...more

25 likes · Like · see review

Sep 30, 2011 Jimmy rated it really liked it

Shelves: sci-fi-fantasy

My favorite quote in the book: "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."

Another great quote: "Everything is true. Everything anyone ever thought."

The book is not as good as the movie, but that is no surprise. ...more

Like · see review