/lit/ - Literature

>>7292995
Read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep before you watch Blade Runner. The film is loosely based on the book and due to the big changes they did in the adaptation, I'd go as far as to say it was only an inspiration from the book and a tribute to Philip K. Dick. The film has great design and atmosphere, but the plot and the themes in the book are way more profound and interesting. So, after after you'll finish Do Andorids you could lay back and enjoy the wonderful visual experience of Blade Runner.

/lit/, I have a problem.
I just finished reading pic related, and while I enjoyed it thoroughly, I feel like alot of the books message went right over my head. I haven't read much philosophy yet, but (I think) I kinda understood the books main message, even if I can't put it into words, but I feel like I missed some big allegories, like Mercerism, why did Deckard turn into Mercer at the end, why Rachael Rosen killed his goat, little things like that. Is this normal? Am I skimming or becoming distracted too much? What can I do to fix this?

tl;dr: Am I stupid if some of this books messages went over my head

This is the only thing I can think of.

Why does Sci Fi suck so bad? It's all interesting premises soiled by boring-as-fuck prose (someone on /lit/ once described Asimov's prose as being like sitting in the waiting room at the doctor's office and the doctor never comes) and sophomoric philosophizing. Leave Sci-Fi to the movies.