Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep
With the title as a nod to PKD and his Blade Runner story?
Thought I’d read something by this author, but I find no record of it.
Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep
The language and even breaking of the fourth wall, in a novel format? Anyway.
Not because the image is comic-absurd, which it is, but because it’s the tragic-absurd of yet another human-made existential hell. Page 72
Human-made existential hell. Or, to some, modern life. But why?
Everyone attempts to parse the chaos of their lives with the language of story. Page 196.
Jumped out. Too true.
Without getting too ontological on your ass, how do you know anything is real? Page 223.
The voices in our heads? Or just out loud?
“Hey, you can go back and get your rental or, like, continue covering the story of your life by being in it. What do they call it? Weirdo Journalism.”
“Gonzo Journalism.”
“Yeah, that.” Page 241.
Yeah, that.
Parable wrapped in a riddle, layered with a hint of the absurd, and questions about very current events, but framed within an engaging narrative.
What makes the narrative “engaging” is the shift in voice, and point-of-view with full range of voices from first person to a weird second person to the blend of streaming with stream-of-consciousness. Weird when I look at it, but it certainly worked for me.
Liked it a lot.
