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Read all of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep today (4 total in Nov)
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Date: November 21st, 2018 1:30 AM Author: Swashbuckling irate puppy Haven't done a book thread in a few months but I just cranked this one out tonight and felt like making one. Sadly I've fallen way off pace for my 100-book goal for the year. This was my 80th, so to maek it I'd have to read a book every 2 days before the year ends. Maybe I'll knuckle down and do it but I'm doubtful.
This was my third Dick novel of the year, and probably my favorite. Ubik was more entertaining to read in the moment, but it was also just so weird that by the end you're just thinking "what the fuck?" and some of the impact is lost.
Some other scattered thoughts:
-The book is well-known to be very different from the movie, but I think what surprised me the most is how different the treatment of the androids/replicants themselves is. The movie clearly wants to cultivate sympathy for replicants as a way to raise questions about what it means to be human. The book at times shows flashes of that, but ultimately the androids are portrayed in a far more sinister way; the final question becomes more about how to fight evil without succumbing to inhumanity.
-The book moves in a very brisk, almost jarring way. I've read that Dick tended to write very quickly in order to pay the bills, and that could be the case here. It's a good book with a lot of interesting ideas, but also feels almost like it was written in a single go without any revisions. The entire sequence involving the fake android-staffed police department is the best example; it works okay while reading the novel itself but if you pause and think about the details afterwards it's completely nonsensical. Similarly, the "love story" between Deckard and Rachel makes pretty much no sense at all even to me.
-Never knew Wilbur Mercer was from this book so that was an amusing discovery.
-Dick is definitely a tits man. |
Date: November 21st, 2018 8:44 AM Author: Frozen Bearded Kitty Jew Glad to hear you've been DEVOURING some DICK, brother. I did feel it was rather breakneck, but even so I remember offhand Mercerism, the obsession with the synthetic pets, the pheremone synthesizer... it really was chock full of nutty concepts that never really meshed well enough to make it into the movie.
Have you read Valis or Solar Lottery? They're the only two of his besides Ubik that I fully intend to re-read. |
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Date: November 21st, 2018 10:39 AM Author: Swashbuckling irate puppy I own Valis but haven't read it yet, as it seems to be Dick at his absolute weirdest so most places advise reading his earlier work to build up to it.
What I really want to do is get his collected short fiction and read it chronologically. |
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Date: November 21st, 2018 2:54 PM Author: Charismatic citrine ratface institution his collected short fiction is the best short fiction ive read anywhere. its amazing and way better than his books imo. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4138834&forum_id=2#37278029) |
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Date: November 21st, 2018 10:59 AM Author: ivory pistol french chef How can you read a good novel in a night? Don't you feel like you're missing a lot of stuff? Or are you really smart? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4138834&forum_id=2#37276476) |
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Date: November 21st, 2018 11:01 AM Author: Swashbuckling irate puppy I wasn’t reading particularly fast. It’s just not a long book and I spent the evening getting through it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4138834&forum_id=2#37276495) |
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Date: November 21st, 2018 11:04 AM Author: spectacular point cr and if you read books regularly you build up speed quickly 180
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Date: November 21st, 2018 2:52 PM Author: Swashbuckling irate puppy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4138834&forum_id=2#37278008) |
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Date: November 21st, 2018 2:53 PM Author: Magenta exciting mad-dog skullcap brethren (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4138834&forum_id=2#37278013) |
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Date: November 21st, 2018 2:54 PM Author: Swashbuckling irate puppy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4138834&forum_id=2#37278026) |
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Date: November 21st, 2018 2:58 PM Author: twinkling low-t fanboi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4138834&forum_id=2#37278062) |
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Date: November 21st, 2018 2:56 PM Author: Contagious crawly boistinker 180 totally unrelated but have you read Silence by Shusaku Endo, the novel that Scorsese made that movie of, about the portuguese missionaries in Japan? I picked it up at Goodwill and will read it after I finish Canticle for Leibowitz |
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Date: November 21st, 2018 2:57 PM Author: Swashbuckling irate puppy Wow, astonishing coincidence. I actually started Silence this morning and I'm about 1/5 through it. Like it a lot so far. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4138834&forum_id=2#37278055) |
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Date: November 21st, 2018 2:59 PM Author: Contagious crawly boistinker whoa that is fucking insane bro lol I would say "great minds," but only one of us has a great mind and it ain't me |
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Date: November 21st, 2018 3:00 PM Author: Swashbuckling irate puppy Don't sell yourself short bro. At a minimum you got stuck with a much better moniker after the Great Freeze of October 2018. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4138834&forum_id=2#37278088) |
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Date: November 21st, 2018 3:00 PM Author: french school nibblets You should read Confessions of a Crap Artist. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4138834&forum_id=2#37278079) |
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Date: November 21st, 2018 3:01 PM Author: Swashbuckling irate puppy Maybe I will. It looks short and Dick reads easily so it could contribute to my FINAL HEROIC push for 100 this year. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4138834&forum_id=2#37278095) |