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Book Review By M Gandy
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

"DADOES" is ostensibly the story of Rick Deckard, a worldly, experienced bounty hunter sent to capture a group of escaped replicants (androids). The future-Earth in which Deckard inhabits is a poisoned, polluted nightmare ("tomb-world" seems to be the author's favorite description). However, this novella exists on far more levels than what we saw in "Blade Runner." The renegade androids have realer emotions than most humanoid characters; Earth's citizens flee to space, while space-born replicants flee to Earth; Deckard slowly loses the ability to judge reality and artificiality (including his own nature). The reader is left with the ultimate philosophical questions: What is the nature of reality? What does it mean to be human? Dick sheds no light on the answers, but he does provoke much thought.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - depressing/sad
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - search for identity/new understanding - change of heart
Story involving clones/duplicates? - bad clones/duplicates
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Clones Yes
Descript. of chases or violence - 10 %
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60 %
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20 %

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's

Main Adversary
Identity: - An "It".
Profession/status:
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
Earth setting: - near future (later in 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Writing Style
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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