Electric Sheep – First Impressions

When I first began reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, I was initially discouraged. For one thing, it starts on page one. I like books better in class if they are so kind as to start on page three or five, but I digress. From there, it is about becoming familiar with the characters. John Isidore is a special (a term for a disabled person) but a very sweet guy. Rick is a cop whose morality is in the grey while he's hunting androids in a manner similar to Elmer Fudd hunting rabbits (although Rick is much better at his job). In a way, it all sounds cliche now in that the disadvantaged man is secretly better than the cop or any privileged sort, but it probably was more original back in 1968.