Science Fiction is not just for nerds.

I watched “Blade Runner” when I was in Seattle, and wanted to read the book after watching it.  Now I’m in Houston, and I didn’t forget about that “book to read” titled “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip K. Dick.

I’ve read four chapters already, and I’m hooked.  Growing up, I used to think only nerds read science fiction.  Star trekkie types.  Not me, nuh uh.  But science fiction is great!  In some ways, this novel reminds me of the Pixar film “Wall-E”, because both the film and the book have humans living on a different planet after Earth has been damaged by humans.  In “Wall-E”, machines serve humans.  In “Do Androids…”, advanced human-like robots serve humans.  However, in the book, some humans still live on Earth, for reasons that are explained in the book.  The main character of “Do Androids…” is Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter in charge of killing robots who return from the other planet and attempt to live like humans.

It’s been a few months since I’ve seen the movie, and I haven’t gotten deep enough into the book to write much more.

But yes, science fiction is really interesting…I recommend giving it a try, if you ever thought it was just for nerds :).