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A review by prairiephlox
Blade Runner by Philip K. Dick
2.0
I love Philip K. Dick. I love his short stories. I adored the Second Variety to the point that I embroidered some of the scenes. I absolutely consider him a father equal to Isaac Asimov for modern views on androids, etc.
I did not like this book. I did not find it enjoyable. It felt like an emotionally needy, clingy book, and I just wanted to constantly distance myself from it. The narrator was just so whiny. I don't feel like the metaphysical questions that the book posed were brought to the forefront enough, and I never personally felt challenged to review my personal definition of humanity, which is what I think Dick wanted. I felt like there was a good idea for a story in here but it was buried in pseudo-religions that were not fully realized within the context of the story. In the end, I think that the world-building was just not on a scale grand enough to accomplish what Dick wanted to with this story,
I did not like this book. I did not find it enjoyable. It felt like an emotionally needy, clingy book, and I just wanted to constantly distance myself from it. The narrator was just so whiny. I don't feel like the metaphysical questions that the book posed were brought to the forefront enough, and I never personally felt challenged to review my personal definition of humanity, which is what I think Dick wanted. I felt like there was a good idea for a story in here but it was buried in pseudo-religions that were not fully realized within the context of the story. In the end, I think that the world-building was just not on a scale grand enough to accomplish what Dick wanted to with this story,