Philip K. DickBLADE RUNNER (FILM TIE-IN ED)

I'm not writing about the book, but about the print which I was more worried about. Nice, didn't disappoint

I know most of you won't agree with me but frankly I found it to be slightly overrated. It is true that no other genre can provide a more insighlful look into human psyche than science fiction and this novel justifiably does so too..but sans the thrill and suspense that I was expecting. Somehow I wasn't hit by this novel as I was with this author's other brilliant works like his novella "The Second Variety". The story becomes a bit tedious at times. I was hoping that Rick's fear would've been all but true and that in the end he would discover what he was afraid of!! that Wouldn't that have been some ending!!!!

Really enticing and brilliantly written science fiction, depicting post war scenarios and consequences. including quotes like“You will be required to do wrong no matter where you go. It is the basic condition of life, to be required to violate your own identity. At some time, every creature which lives must do so. It is the ultimate shadow, the defeat of creation; this is the curse at work, the curse that feeds on all life. Everywhere in the universe."Must read if you are an avid reader of science fictions.

Takes us deep into the debate of what makes us human and robots just machines. Far more intense than either film.

Book quality was good . The story was OK. One time read .

(this review is for the book, not again services)

The product quality is not good. Book looked like a fake reprint to me. I returned it.

Buyers before buying a book here always check if the seller is amazon fulfilled. Only then proceed. I bought do Android dream of electric sheep from Bargain books ( the seller ). It came in nicely packaged, foam padded, could have used cardboard but okay got a very minor tear at the bottom of the book its negligible. The quality is excellent, looks new and page quality is good. Its a 100% original I can tell by the print and paper quality. The publisher is not indian so its mostly imported from UK. Again thanks for the quick delivery and good quality book. Bought it as a bday present for my brother. The cover page is of a woman with a pyramid like cyberpunk building in back. Its An SF masterworks book. The book is a go for me . the seller is Bargain book.

This book is incredible, I've known about it for years, but always overlooked it because I've seen the film. You have to read a PKD book to appreciate how good he was; and this book is a work of genius.He crams so much information into every paragraph, but it's not banal or mundane, every sentence is fascinating. The creative prose oozes from every page, leaving you mesmerized. There have been many great writers, but it's a rarity to find one who not only invents fantastic stories but also put them into magical words. If you've never read a PKD novel start here and, like me, I guarantee you, you will send off for a stack more.His writing is so clever, loaded with detail, that paints a flawless picture in your mind of every scene. And the humor in his books is incredibly good; how I laugh when reading his novels. Jane Austen,; he is not.PKD is out there on his own; no one else comes close to his unique brilliance.

Philip K Dick’s novel that was first published in 1968 is always well worth reading, and over the years has built up a large following, mainly due to the success of the two Blade Runner films. If you have only ever seen the films before though, then be prepared, as the book is different in a number of ways.The tale is set in 1992 and there has been a nuclear war leaving Earth in a rather poor state. Many have left, colonising other planets but there are still people on our planet, some of which due to various reasons will never be allowed to leave. Our main character is Rick Deckard who lives with his wife in the remains of San Francisco and works as a bounty hunter for the police department, hunting for illegal androids. He has been given a new assignment as the lead bounty hunter has been attacked by an android and is hospitalized. With the latest such humanoid, with a Nexus-6 frame so detecting them is not as easy as with older models. Thus Rick knows who he is after, but at the same time with the makers of the device needed for assistance, so this corporation knows what is used to detect their devices, and thus can make improvements.Dick made known in his lifetime what the influences of this book were, and where they came from, but since then, what with the film, so the story has become highly influential on many in different areas of the media. We have the overarching theme here which is what is real and what is fake, but there are many other elements added, such as empathy, the part that religion plays in many people’s lives, and the damage that we do to our environment. Here for instance, due to the nuclear holocaust that happened there is a depletion in animals, and thus to own a real animal and not a robotic simulation is a social status indicator.There is also a metaphysical element, and it has to be admitted an irony that runs throughout this, and you will immediately notice some of the humour from the very beginning. Rick and his wife when they first wake up here use mood organs to sort out their feelings, rather like some sort of drug and alcohol replacement that many rely upon. By experimentation Iran Deckard, Rick’s wife has found that you can dial up a sense of overwhelming despair and apathy, thus becoming highly depressed. With the androids who have illegally entered Earth from other planets, so we can see that although they might have committed violence and murder elsewhere, in fact coming here all they can at most hope for are a few years in some sort of freedom, although this planet is really a dystopia. This can be seen as a comment on slavery, as you can be free in one place, but a slave elsewhere.With androids being programmed with false memories, so some do not even know what they really are, and this thus raises the issue of memory and how it works. There are just so many layers to this wonderful book that I like many have read this numerous times, but still keep coming back to it. In all this is not only just a pleasure to read, but very thought provoking.

I love Bladerunner, so thought I knew what to expect from this novel, but there is so much more in the book, and it is so different - highly recommended! Where Bladerunner tends to focus more on the action, with introspection taking a bit of a back seat, here it is the opposite. We see a lot more of Deckard's life and thoughts here, as he struggles both financially and emotionally to survive in the post-apocalyptic world of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? We also have a secondary POV in the 'chickenhead' John Isidore and learn a great deal more about the consequences for the human population of Dick's world. Particularly powerful is the prestige attached to looking after live animals, so much so that Deckard begins the novel resenting his electric sheep which he must pretend is real to maintain his social standing. Absorbing, fascinating and exciting - plenty to engage and surprise even those who know the film well.

I just wonder how many people after watching blade runner have decided to read this book only to realize how different really is.Many version of the book ,in my country in particular , have been even sold with the title of blade runner instead of the original one, yes that title.....it could have put off so many readers want to be, but it does so much sense once you are in the process of reading this masterpiece of sci fi , and change the name of the book has the only target of selling more copies , as as I said are two completely different stories.So much have been said on Dick and this book so there is nothing I can add apart that I have finished few weeks ago and the feeling that has left is still fresh in my mind.I was a little disappointed by the length of the novel ( very short ) but who am I to judge a novel that has influenced the last 50 years of sci fi writing ? ,a must read for any sci-fi fan.

Welcome to one of the dystopian futures of Philip Dick's imagination. Most of his ideas are here or already in seed form so if you are a new reader you are behind a bit. As always, Dick makes us think about what it means to be human and for me this novel is his best for that. As always, it's empathy that is our strength and the AI hasn't got it but the subtleties of humans' efforts to create it in synthetics is explored wonderfully in a test. Great story, interesting characters, action and ever thought provoking. Multi-faceted as opposed to the film, good though that is.