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The androids dream of electric sheep4/6/2023 While Philip answers many of the questions he raises throughout the story, he leaves nearly as many unanswered. However, not all is good with Do Androids…. While this can be viewed as either good or bad, I find it to be a plus, because it is unusual, and departs from the standard cliché's of sci-fi novels, and writing in general, on top of making the reader stop and think more about what they are reading. While Do Androids… doesn't take it to the extreme that Ubik does, (the only other one of Philip's novels I've read), it still manages to profoundly disrupt the reader's understanding of what is happening. One of the main underlying currents in Philip's novels, as far as I can tell, is the fact that he loves asking the question: 'What is real? What is fake?'. By creating both a fake religion, and a television show, he manages to piece together a realistic enough post-war society. I thought that Rick had somehow been moved forward in time, which could not be farther from the truth (I'm not going to spoil it for you, read the book if you want to know what happens!) Phillip manages to change a rather dull scene, into a life-threatening one for Deckard, in mere few lines.Īnother thing that I found good about Do Androids…, was the fact that Phillip manages to create a civilian atmosphere, which is sorely lacking in many other sci-fi novels. When Rick is arrested by the fake bounty hunting agency, the reader has no idea what is going on. I found that Philip managed to keep the reader on edge, with many completely unexpected twists. I liked the way that the story flows and gradually increases in pace. However, nothing is ever simple and Deckard finds himself coming close to death more than once.ĭo Androids… starts slowly – the first fifty pages are used to set the scene, and give the reader some background knowledge, before really getting into the story. His dream becomes possible when he is given an assignment to retire five Nexus-6 androids – the most advanced type yet, since one of them severely injured his superior. ![]() ![]() One of these chicken heads is John Isidore, who provides safe haven for three of the Nexus-6 androids later in the story.ĭeckard wants, above all, to own an animal – a symbol of one's position in society, as the war has caused massive nuclear fallout, making animals extremely rare and valuable. The government advocates emigration to the colonies, and only a few people remain on Earth, many of which are 'chicken heads', people who do not have the necessary IQ to emigrate. Most of humanity has moved to colonies on other planets (Mars is the only one to be directly referenced, but it is implied that there are others, and a failed mission to Alpha Proxima is also mentioned). ![]() Do Androids… is set on a near-future Earth, which has suffered the events of a cataclysmic third world war, called 'World War Terminus' (abbreviated to 'WWT').
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