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

I have been a fan of Philip K Dick for quite a few years now and the reason for this was watching the film 'Bladerunner' which is based on Philip K Dick's 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'. I instantly had to find out who had written this film, which of course is Dick. What I love most about the book is that we get a deeper insight ...  Read the complete review

I have decided to start writing book reviews, and in the future I plan to focus more on books that don't already have reviews on the site. However, I thought I'd do this as my first one, because I felt I could review it easily. Feedback ...  Read the complete review

'SF Masterworks' is a growing collection of 'classic' science-fiction novels spanning over fifty years of the genre. As someone who's grown up reading and watching science-fiction I've found this a very interesting series that has introduced me to some wonderful (and, I have to be honest, not so wonderful) novels and authors that I would probably ...  Read the complete review

The basic plot of this novel is "in the future a bit, following a big war, a legal bounty hunter is after six androids who are really hard to kill. Will he make it?" However, that is by no means all there is to it. Philip K. Dick's book manages to explore the real feelings that one would feel pursuing such a job, and also ...  Read the complete review

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 Philip K. Dick. Blade Runner repeatedly blows me away, so I figured that the book that spawned ...  Read the complete review

If you have seen "Blade Runner" start by putting it from your mind. The film was based, very slightly, on this short Philip K Dick novel. The novel is by far the better piece, exploring a dark future and some interesting philosophical questions. The setting: There are dates, but given when Dick was writing, it works better of ...  Read the complete review

The Science Fiction genre knows no bounds and readers usually have to willingly suspend their disbelief so as to sink into “dreamscapes” presented by the author. However, Philip K. Dick’s “Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep” is so real, the reader is transported to his futuristic post-war era with minimal ...  Read the complete review

Blade Runner/Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? [Philip K. Dick] ======================================== I must confess to having seen the film first, and because of that I must admit that my perceptions of it are affected. However, I will attempt to be as unbiased as possible. The story, told from the detective/bounty ...  Read the complete review

Number four in the SF Masterworks series. Famous, notorious, as Blade Runner, the movie novel that made America sit up and notice Philip K. Dick - after it had ignored him for the previous twenty- seven years. What is there that is new can be said about it? As a fan, if not Otaku, then a very great deal. One essential point has ...  Read the complete review

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep is in my opinion, Philip K Dicks best book. It was used as a basis for the sci-fi film Bladerunner but the finished result was nothing like the book. The author died before the film was released but he had already stated that he wanted nothing to do with a film that did not do his book justice. It tells ...  Read the complete review

A sci-fi great, this book was later filmed as Blade Runner. But Philip K Dick's writing is still deeper, even more impressive than the cult movie it became. The setting is similar, but there are whole aspects of the book, which were omitted by the film. Deckard's life and personality are developed in detail, while Dick paints a disturbing ...  Read the complete review

Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep is the book that inspired the classic Sci-Fi film Bladerunner, but if you are expecting Bladerunner in paperback form then you will be dissappointed. Philip K. Dick died before Bladerunner was released but had distanced himself completely from Ridley Scott's film because it was so very different from ...  Read the complete review