"He lived alone in this deteriorating, blind building of a thousand uninhabited apartments, which like all its counterparts, fell, day by day, into greater entropic ruin. Eventually everything within the building would merge, would be faceless and identical, mere pudding-like kipple piled to the ceiling of each apartment. And, after that, the uncared-for building itself would settle into shapelessness, buried under the ubiquity of the dust. By then, naturally, he himself would be dead, another interesting event to anticipate as he stood here in his stricken living room alone with the lungless, all-penetrating, masterful world-silence.Better, perhaps, to turn the TV back on."
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
a.k.a. Blade Runner
by Philip K. Dick
(Doubleday, 1968)
I'm going to have to give this another chance. I love the movie (A LOT) and tried the book a couple different times, but it seems to be a chore. Maybe I wasn't in the right frame of mind when I read (and re-read) the opening chapters.
ReplyDeletePS: Duane, nice to see you getting some press on CBR.
ReplyDeleteDavid: You should definitely give it another shot. It can be a little slow going early on (especially with the Mercerism stuff), but halfway through it really kicks into gear.
ReplyDeleteI had the same problem as David but I think I'm also going to give the book another shot because I adore the movie so much.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, love the quote.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'll give it another shot. 'sides, I hate buying books and not reading them. Now I just have to find where I placed it...
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