Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Pros: exciting story; psychological drama; complex characters
Cons: Deckard had help retiring 2 androids, yet got paid for them.

Let’s start by noting that Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, served only as some fodder for Ridley Scott’s 1982 film, Bladerunner, and the two art forms were supposed to have their own styles and ...

Pros: It's different, and a definite classic.
Cons: You need to work to forget Blade Runner.

Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? is one of those books that I’d been meaning to get a hold of and read for years. What first drew it to my attention was the fact that Ridley Scott’s film Blade Runner, starring Harrison Ford, was based on this book by...

Pros: Fascinating characters, enjoyable story
Cons: you shouldn't expect it to be even remotely similar to the film.

Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? is set in the year 1992 (in the spirit of suspension of disbelief you have to assume it has a much later setting) as a dystopion society has taken hold in the aftermath of World War III. A radioactive ...

Pros: visionary, good plot, complex ideas
Cons: none

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, published in 1968, was a groundbreaking work. The novel innovated the sci-fi genre, bringing readers a vision of a post-apocalyptic world where the artificial and real could hardly be distinguished. Today,...

Pros: Good, rather deep pulp fiction
Cons: Some inconsistencies in the plot

This review reveals major plot details, yadda(x3) Philip K. Dick was an enormously productive writer of (mostly) science fiction during a career that spanned parts of five decades. In the twenty-three years since his untimely death at the age of 55, ...

Pros: Interesting to see the genesis of Blade Runner.
Cons: Not one of Dick's best.

Blade Runner, one of the best movies of all time and arguably THE best science fiction movie ever made (okay, a two-way tie with The Matrix, and Dark City in third place) doesn’t purport to be the film version of “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” or...

Pros: Excellent plot, pacing, characterization, and theme
Cons: Technology not explained in-depth, heavy on subtext

Immortalized as the book which the movie Blade Runner is based on, it's important to note that the film is exactly that: based on this book, not an adaptation. The plot is very different, and fans of the intense big-screen Sci-Fi thriller ...

Pros: It's NOT the movie BLADERUNNER
Cons: It's NOT the movie BLADERUNNER

It's a mistake to expect Dick's novel DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? to be a simple narrative of the film BLADERUNNER. P.K. Dick creates a complex analysis of our society and it's slipping humanity as technology evolves to "simplify" and...

Pros: Powerful descriptions of the future. Excellent plot & characters.
Cons: Plot varies from that of Bladerunner. Technology not explained.

What do I think of Blade Runner? The book is very difficult to surmise completely.
It is a wholly adult novel with futuristic pretexts. The future has become a very grim and morbid place. A great war has taken place and those that have not fled...

Pros: entertaining action, makes you think, deep philosophical inquiry
Cons: complex, asks hard questions

Update, December 31, 2005: Several different versions of Bladerunner are available on DVD or videotape, but the most sought after seems to be the "director's cut". Word has it that the director, Ridley Scott, wants to distribute an ...

Pros: Intriguing, interesting, thoughtful, engrossing
Cons: Wouldn't appeal to anal realists, people lacking imagination and without a good IQ

Philip K. Dick's "Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep?" was the basis for Ridley Scott's class film "Blade Runner."

Unfortunately, Scott's adaptation left out a good deal of the thought provoking bleakness and...

Pros: Great for people who want a unique story
Cons: Not for people looking for lots of action

Once again, sitting down after seeing a movie that was based on a book, I found the book to be much better than the move.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the movie a lot, but I enjoyed the book more!
Sure the long drawn out action scenes are almost...

Pros: It's interesting and gets you thinking
Cons: I don't really understand it

The book is set in 2021, fifty three years after the copyright date. A lot has changed in about ...

Pros: Good story, quick read
Cons: It's NOT the movie...(if you're a fan)

Philip K. Dick's novel of America a few years from now is the basis of the cult classic film Blade Runner. Although the film is magnificent, the novel stands alone as a unique and quality work. The main character's primary motivation is completely...

Pros: Different from the Blade Runner movie, deep rooted paranoia
Cons: Don't expect the action of Blade Runner

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is the Dick novel that Blade Runner, was based upon. The movie actually focused on one portion (a large portion) of the book and ran with it. Readers should be warned that this won't be the solid action adventure that...