I have been wanting to read Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep? for a while now. So while at Borders yesterday I went to the Sci-Fi section (I know how often does a programmer type do that?) and thought of Mr Philip Dick.
Wow what a great book. So many provoking ideas. The very thought of living when you can chose your mood (via a device) seems deflating. For ~200 pages I felt the book had a lot of depth, missing from Blade Runner. This is most likely due to more time focused on the mental state of the characters than the combative nature of the androids in the film, which made it easier to empathize with/for them.
I look forward to reading it again. Seeing what idea’s strike me the second time round, but for now I’ll enjoy the after glow of the first reading.