San Francisco lies under a cloud of radioactive dust. People live in half-deserted apartment buildings, and keep electric animals as pets because so many real animals have died. Most people emigrate to Mars - unless they have a job to do on Earth. Like Rick Deckard - android killer for the police and owner of an electric sheep. This week he has to find, identify, and kill six androids which have escaped from Mars. They're machines, but they look and sound and think like humans - clever, dangerous humans. They will be hard to kill. The film Blade Runner was based on this famous novel.
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Jennifer Bassett is Series Editor of the Oxford Bookworms Collection, for which she has written original stories One-Way Ticket and The President's Murderer.
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1,104 of 1,169 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this edition of "Androids" under the impression that it was the sci-fi classic written by Philip K. Dick.
However, when I finally received it, I was surprised to find that this edition is actually a re-write.
LIttle did I know, the Oxford Bookworms Library is a subsidiary of the publishing house that "offers a wide selection of readers that are adaptations of modern and classic fiction.... graded at six language levels, from elementary (400 word vocabulary) to advanced (2,500 word vocabulary)."
This edition is Level 5, and while it still tells the basic story of "Androids..", it is certainly not Dick's novel. It is an adaptation.
My mistake! And I certainly am glad quality sci-fi is being made available (in distilled form) to beginning readers.
Yet I am compelled to write this review because I don't feel that Amazon.com is making it abundantly clear that this is a re-written edition.
The top of this page says:
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Oxford Bookworms Library) (Paperback)
by Philip K. Dick (Author), Andy Hopkins (Editor), Joc Potter (Editor)
When it really should read:
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Oxford Bookworms Library) (Paperback)
re-written by Andy Hopkins (Editor), Joc Potter (Editor), based on the original novel by Philip K. Dick (Author).
I hope Amazon will review their description of this book or post my review so other customers aren't misinformed.
However, when I finally received it, I was surprised to find that this edition is actually a re-write.
LIttle did I know, the Oxford Bookworms Library is a subsidiary of the publishing house that "offers a wide selection of readers that are adaptations of modern and classic fiction.... graded at six language levels, from elementary (400 word vocabulary) to advanced (2,500 word vocabulary)."
This edition is Level 5, and while it still tells the basic story of "Androids..", it is certainly not Dick's novel. It is an adaptation.
My mistake! And I certainly am glad quality sci-fi is being made available (in distilled form) to beginning readers.
Yet I am compelled to write this review because I don't feel that Amazon.com is making it abundantly clear that this is a re-written edition.
The top of this page says:
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Oxford Bookworms Library) (Paperback)
by Philip K. Dick (Author), Andy Hopkins (Editor), Joc Potter (Editor)
When it really should read:
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Oxford Bookworms Library) (Paperback)
re-written by Andy Hopkins (Editor), Joc Potter (Editor), based on the original novel by Philip K. Dick (Author).
I hope Amazon will review their description of this book or post my review so other customers aren't misinformed.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By L. Clouser
Format:Paperback
I have never seen bladerunner, nor have I read the original version of this novel. I wasn't aware there were different versions til after I had finished. I was amazed at how terrible this book was, until I noticed that this version is a rewrite. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. Personally I plan on scouting out to find the novel actually written by Philip K. Dick. Having had no prior experience with this story, I still felt like I'd just walked out of a butchered movie showing of a potentially great book. It disheartened me to think that I wouldn't love this novel that I'd heard so much about. The characters have no depth. The story is simply told, no frills, no information. The planet is desolate, there are mentions of a WWT, and a basic story is played out. However, I felt nothing for the murdered androids, I didn't understand the quick affair between the android and bounty hunter. There were serious holes, because I couldn't tell for the life of me, why the android would kill the goat, or besides to illustrate a small point of lack of empathy, why androids would mutilate a spider. Nor was there any information on Mercer, or bounty hunting in general, which felt like huge plot points. Even for science fiction beginners, which I'm not, I wouldn't recommend the oxford edition of this book. I'm just relieved to know this story still has potential elsewhere.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By K. Walker
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Frankly, I find it freakish that the one version of this novel available on Amazon is not written by Philip K. Dick, though it appears to be. The original is spectacular; however, this re-written version by Andy Hopkins and Joc Potter is a watered down, sanitized, ersatz-version of the original. And by the way--it is extremely hard to tell that this is NOT the original version. Philip K. Dick, however, would probably belch a dark laugh at the irony.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars
WHERE IS IT??????????
i chose 1 star because 0 stars wasn't an option. 5 weeks later, i haven't received the book or any explanation of where it is or any suggestion as to how i'm going to get a copy... Read more
Published 2 months ago by pj
3.0 out of 5 stars
Short story book for big money.
Blade runner was based on this book, unfortunately it is a short story and is not worth the price asked and should be half the price at best. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Raymo
4.0 out of 5 stars
Android Fantasy
Great science fiction, doesn't take long to read, enjoyed it, allows you to fantasize images similar to those in Blade Runner.
Published 8 months ago by Norman J. Willis
1.0 out of 5 stars
THIS VERSION IS A RE-WRITE
Bought it thinking it was legitimate when it simply is not. This is a re-write, an abomination. Amazon is really letting it's customers down by marketing this as PDK, he had... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Dr Percival Roy
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't buy this version!
This is an ABOMINATION! Why would anyone feel the need to abridge a book that is very short and written for 13 year old boys? Read more
Published 11 months ago by Colin Drumm
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not the real book
This book is not the actual, original novel, it is rewritten for children, Amazon should have made that more clear.
Published 14 months ago by John
1.0 out of 5 stars
NOT the real book
I bought this book for a class. It turns out this is an abridged version. Unfortunately I didn't notice until my class started, at which point it was too late to return it. Read more
Published 15 months ago by metafiz
4.0 out of 5 stars
Condensed version.
Story was good, but it is the condensed version. If you need it for a class this may work fine, but it skips some of the details, but works just the same if your teacher's not... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Erika
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not the real book!!!!
I can't believe that I bought this and Amazon let me believe it was the real book. It's rewritten and dumbed down. This should be labeled properly. Read more
Published 17 months ago by kate519
1.0 out of 5 stars
NOT THE ORIGINAL TEXT
Look sharp -- this is *not* the original text. Though the cover contains only the title and Philip K. Dick as author... the inside title page adds a "Retold by...." credit. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Bubbles
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