Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep nominated for an Eisner!

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I still can’t believe it. By the way, I hope to have art up on the site soon. :)

Permalink | April 11th, 2010

7 Responses to “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep nominated for an Eisner!”

  1. Libbi Rich (aka @mama_rox) Says:
    April 15th, 2010 at 2:56 am

    wOOt I just heard about the nomination! Gratz!
    See you at Pcc!

  2. Libbi Rich (aka @mama_rox) Says:
    April 15th, 2010 at 2:58 am

    wOOt! Just saw the Eisner announcement! Gratz! See you at PCC.

  3. admin Says:
    April 15th, 2010 at 7:02 pm

    Thanks! :D

  4. Libbi Rich (aka @mama_rox) Says:
    May 2nd, 2010 at 12:52 am

    So great to see you today! My daughter was thrilled to meet you, as well. Thanks for my Deckard and her Doctor #10; both are amazing. I’m trying to figure out a way for my hubs to buy me the Sandman original piece (I was so knocked out, I can’t remember now; is that Delirium at his feet?). Otherwise, a print, for sure! See you in a few weeks … I’ll be there as Cherie Priest’s steam punk heroine, Briar Wilkes Blue.

  5. H. Lim Says:
    October 17th, 2011 at 9:50 am

    I read this book before seeing Blade Runner, and I’m glad I did.”Do Androids Dream?” is more of a philosophical novel than a science fiction film. Basically, the premise is, “what are the philosophical implications if robots became virtually indistinguishable from humans”? In 1968, this was a mind-blowingly new idea.The vision of Philip K Dick is absolutely fascinating. For example, in order to maintain the difference between androids/replicants and humans, the government has invented a new religion, based on the idea that killing animals is highly immoral. Yet today we eat animals every day. This belief-system has artificially made a moral code which androids fail to understant. It’s a little like the blacks after the Civil War – invent white supremacy, disallowing the blacks from making their way in society as normal people – and whites can then point at them and say, AH HAH! I told you blacks need us around to help them! Look how (…) their lives are! OBVIOUSLY they are inferior!Philip K Dick makes many references to the Afro-American experience in this novel, and the theme is most disturbing.There are many, many other, even more interesting, themes in this novel; including those seen in the film. If replicants show more mercy than humans, does this not grant that they have greater “empathy”? This is a vast theme, and one that is successfully portrayed in the film. Roy Baty has a chance to kill Rick Deckard (in the film), yet he chooses to save him.This novel bears so many re-readings. For instance, yesterday I reread the part where Deckard gives the Voigt-Kampff test to Rachael the replicant (it also appears in the film!) I noticed for the first time, that the questions that Rachael does not react to are the ones concerning killing animals! Again, this is an artificial moral code, so the only reason she feels no “empathy” to wasps, butterflies etc. is that such moral codes were never natural. ALso, she fails to react to a question about killing babies. The reason this is so is that replicants cannot have babies, and so any emotion towards “children” are denied them…To anyone hesitating before being this book: There are some aspects of this book that may turn one off.First, there is little or no action, and no film noir style. That part (great as it is!) is only in the film version.Secondly, the novel is in Philip K Dick’s bizzare, almost childlike style. Do not look for brilliant prose (although there are some gems), or brilliant dialogue.Thirdly, Philip K Dick was desperately poor all his life, and all his books were written VERY fast in order to make enough money to live! Thus, the book is not as well polished as it could be 0- although it’s better than some others.Fourth, there are some parts of the book that are – well – strange. VERY strange. Philip K Dick was the master of strangeness. If you prefer books where both feet of reality are kept firmly planted on the ground, this is probably not for you.Fifth, the book is extremely rich in religious imagery, especially towards the end. Although these are my FAVOURITE parts of the book, if you find religion a bore, or disturbing, then maybe this should be given a miss…BUT – if you don’t mind your mind being stretched – if you don’t mind a rather ropy style – if you LIKE PHILIP K DICK or GREAT GREAT IDEAS – then read “Do Androids Dream” now!Oh, and by the way, because of Blade Runner the Movie, this book has sold more copies than all PKD’s other books put together. It was the event, the film was, that made PKD a name as a great writer – some two months after he died of a stroke…Oh well. Thank you Ridley Scott, and thank you Blade Runner. You have opened PKD’s books to a wide, wide audience…

  6. wally Says:
    January 4th, 2012 at 11:38 pm

    Tony,

    I met you at SDCC 2011 this past summer. I was working at the Simone Bianchi Art Booth, you were very cool and even showed me some of your art from upcoming projects. That was real cool of you. I appreciate the stop by, and wish you all the more success in your future endeavors.

    Cheers

    wally

  7. admin Says:
    January 9th, 2012 at 6:02 am

    Thanks! I greatly appreciate it. :D

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