Review of 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Philip K. Dick (Gollancz)' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I always manage to convince myself that this time, the ending of a PKD novel will actually make sense. I love a lot of his short stories, and even manage to get my head around the occasional novel. Dick was concerned that were he to write a tie-in to the Blade Runner movie on which this novel was based it would have to appeal to kids. I can sort of see the worry, his action scenes, though written with his typical detachment, could be produced into something very serviceable for the screen.
There's a lot of philosophy in this book, a lot of probing of consciousness, a good deal of existentialism and I think reading it quickly just as light entertainment might've robbed me of a few of the nuances. One to come back to one day.
I always manage to convince myself that this time, the ending of a PKD novel will actually make sense. I love a lot of his short stories, and even manage to get my head around the occasional novel. Dick was concerned that were he to write a tie-in to the Blade Runner movie on which this novel was based it would have to appeal to kids. I can sort of see the worry, his action scenes, though written with his typical detachment, could be produced into something very serviceable for the screen.
There's a lot of philosophy in this book, a lot of probing of consciousness, a good deal of existentialism and I think reading it quickly just as light entertainment might've robbed me of a few of the nuances. One to come back to one day.
