Great Scifi novel. Really not scifi though. More post apocalyptic and dystopic than anything. VERY DIFFERENT FROM MOVIE. Sure Deckert goes after Andys and kills them (or "retires" them i should say). But the focus here is on how empathy is a rare and prized gift. So much so that pets/animals become status symbols!! Imagine saving money for a down payment on a goat, then barely squeaking by with its huge monthly bill! But you gotta have it to show your neighbors that you can empathize with animals and have enough $$ to afford it!!!
But if you read this dont think there isnt any action as retiring Andys is no easy task. Being without emotion they clearly calculate and strike without any hesitation. Its clear that while human emotion is a prized gift its also a hinderence when the task at hand is hunting and retiring something so human the only way to prove it to administer an empathy test. Andys dont have emotions....do they?
Two thumbs up. Loved it. (Dystopic Post Apocolyptic storioes are thing so im am biased FYI)
But if you read this dont think there isnt any action as retiring Andys is no easy task. Being without emotion they clearly calculate and strike without any hesitation. Its clear that while human emotion is a prized gift its also a hinderence when the task at hand is hunting and retiring something so human the only way to prove it to administer an empathy test. Andys dont have emotions....do they?
Two thumbs up. Loved it. (Dystopic Post Apocolyptic storioes are thing so im am biased FYI)
