Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? vs The Last Man: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Twenty-first century, Science Fiction, Fiction
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
“A merry little surge of electricity piped by automatic alarm from the mood organ beside his bed awakened Rick Deckard.”
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, lurked several rogue androids. Deckard's assignment--find them and then..."retire" them. Trouble was, the…
1 film adaptation
vs
The Last Man
Mary Shelley, the author of [Frankenstein][1], wrote the apocalyptic novel The Last Man in 1826. Its first person narrative tells the story of our world standing at the end of the twenty-first century and - after the…
The verdict
- Readers rate Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? highest: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.1 · The Last Man 3.4.
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for The Last Man.
- The Last Man has the widest readership — 7339 ratings behind its score.
- The Last Man runs the darker storyline; Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
≈ 5h vs 8h for The Last Man
Just want the better-reviewed one?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
4.1 vs 3.4 from readers
New to the genre?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Moderate vs Challenging for The Last Man
In the mood for something dark?
The Last Man
a darker storyline than Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Want something lighter?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
an easier tone than The Last Man
Scores by source
| Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | The Last Man | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (4651) | 3.4 (7339) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (2185) | 3.0 (16) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (41) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1130) | 4.0 (7) |
Reception
| Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | The Last Man | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4651 | 7339 |
| Editions | 90 | 430 |
| Citations | — | 18 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 5341 | 34709 |
| Reading it now | 435 | 2127 |
| Written reviews | 348 | 1209 |
| Wikipedia attention | 53691 | 5103 |
| Pages | 271 | 452 |