I had no idea that this was the story that was the basis for Blade Runner. Not that I've ever seen Blade Runner, but still...
I usually don't like to read dystopian books, I don't really know why. They've never been my cup of tea. However, I am interested in reading books about the concept of androids and souls. I don't like watching the movies about them, but I like thinking about the possibility.
When I was in college, I took this philosophy class that was centered around science fiction and the idea that robots could be considered "living" or that if a person was cloned, was that clone them or another person entirely. We watched a lot of Doctor Who and Star Trek and just generally thought about all the questions that one might ask if one happened to be in a situation that only seems to exist in the minds of sci-fi writers. It was a really fun class.
Well, this story certainly was interesting.
I don't think I quite grasped all of it. I know there's the question of what constitutes "human" and being alive, but there's also some religious themes in here as well with Mercer (whoever he is) and the devotion of his followers even when it is proven that he is fake.
Then there are the things about the animals and how they're sacred...
It was a good story, but I didn't get much out of it. Meh.
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