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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? #1
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? #1
The book that inspired the film Blade Runner comes to BOOM! with backmatter by Warren Ellis! Visionary sci-fi author Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? has been called 'a masterpiece ahead of its time, even today' and served as the basis for the Ridley Scott film Blade Runner. San Francisco lies under a cloud of radioactive dust. The World War killed millions, driving entire species to extinction, and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remained coveted any living creature, and for people who couldn't afford one, companies built incredibly realistic fakes: horses, birds, cats, sheep - even humans. Rick Deckard is an officially sanctioned bounty hunter tasked to find six rogue androids - they're machines, but look, sound, and think like humans, clever, and most of all, dangerous humans. Rick Deckard, Pris, The Voight-Kampff Test, Nexus 6 androids, the Tyrell Corporation: join BOOM! Studios as the complete novel transplanted into the comic book medium, mixing all new panel-to-panel...
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37 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 15, 2009
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March 13, 2017
“Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”
Book# 1
Opens with:
AUCKLAND.
A TURTLE WHICH EXPLORER CAPTAIN COOK GAVE TO THE KING OF TONGA IN
1777 DIED YESTERDAY. IT WAS NEARLY 200 YEARS OLD.
THE ANIMAL, CALLED TU'IMALILA, … WOULD BE SENT TO THE
AUCKLAND MUSEUM IN NEW ZEALAND.
“At that moment, when I had the TV sound off, I was in a 382 mood; I had just dialed it. So although I heard the emptiness intellectually, I didn't feel it. My first reaction consisted of being grateful that we could afford a Penfield mood organ. But then I realized how unhealthy it was, sensing the absence of life, not just in this building but everywhere, and not reacting—do you see? I guess you don't. But that used to be considered a sign of mental illness; they called it 'absence of appropriate affect.' So I left the TV sound off and I sat down at my mood organ and I experimented. And I finally found a setting for despair. So I put it on my schedule for twice a month; I think that's a reasonable amount of time to feel hopeless about everything, about staying here on Earth after everybody who's smart has emigrated, don't you think?”
“Emigrate or Degenerate.”
Book# 1
Opens with:
AUCKLAND.
A TURTLE WHICH EXPLORER CAPTAIN COOK GAVE TO THE KING OF TONGA IN
1777 DIED YESTERDAY. IT WAS NEARLY 200 YEARS OLD.
THE ANIMAL, CALLED TU'IMALILA, … WOULD BE SENT TO THE
AUCKLAND MUSEUM IN NEW ZEALAND.
“At that moment, when I had the TV sound off, I was in a 382 mood; I had just dialed it. So although I heard the emptiness intellectually, I didn't feel it. My first reaction consisted of being grateful that we could afford a Penfield mood organ. But then I realized how unhealthy it was, sensing the absence of life, not just in this building but everywhere, and not reacting—do you see? I guess you don't. But that used to be considered a sign of mental illness; they called it 'absence of appropriate affect.' So I left the TV sound off and I sat down at my mood organ and I experimented. And I finally found a setting for despair. So I put it on my schedule for twice a month; I think that's a reasonable amount of time to feel hopeless about everything, about staying here on Earth after everybody who's smart has emigrated, don't you think?”
“Emigrate or Degenerate.”
June 20, 2016
This is an excellent beginning to a comic adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Instead of simply adapting the text for comic form, the entire original text was included. It's a lot more text than you're probably used to reading in comic form, but it really helps enhance the story.
I wish more comics were written like this.
I wish more comics were written like this.
March 6, 2023
And I again return to the world of this is a good adaptation but let's see it's the first issue in 24 issues run so let's see how it goes ahead. From another review, I learned that these issues would have the entire text from the book so that's good. Let's continue and see how it goes ahead.
I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics or Diamond Comics or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I Love comics to bits, may comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics or Diamond Comics or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I Love comics to bits, may comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
September 12, 2024
This is a weird one - it is a word-for-word reproduction of if the original. That makes it not as well paced as a comic adaptation would be, and not as surprising visually as the book is. But still, the words and the story are outstanding. I often wonder why this is arguably PKDs most famous story, because it is one of his weirder ones. If you struggle with reading the story or are ok with poorly paced comics, especially for people with accessibility needs, this one is worth checking out.
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