My rating: 1 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Sci-fi
Content: Strong language, Could be more but I didn't get that far.
A human diplomat creates an interstellar
incident when he kills an alien diplomat in a most . . . unusual . . .
way. To avoid war, Earth's government must find an equally unusual a
type of sheep ("The Android's Dream"), used in the alien race's
coronation ceremony.
To find the sheep, the government turns to
Harry Creek, ex-cop, war hero and hacker extraordinare, who, with the
help of a childhood friend turned artificial intelligence, scours the
earth looking for the rare creature.
But there are others with plans
for the sheep as well. Mercenaries employed by the military. Adherents
of a secret religion based on the writings of a 21st century SF author.
And alien races, eager to start a revolution on their home world and a
war on Earth.
To keep our planet from being enslaved, Harry will
have to pull off a grand diplomatic coup, a gambit that will take him
from the halls of power to the lava-strewn battlefields of alien worlds.
There's only one chance to get it right, to save the life of the
sheep—and to protect the future of humanity.
This isn't a book I would have picked up to read on my own, but it was chosen for book club and I gave it a try. Going into this I was slightly interested because it was inspired by Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick. I honestly didn't even care for that story, but I did like the Blade Runner movies that were based on it. Anyway, this ended up not being for me. I found the first couple of chapters to be rather boring and the humor was juvenile. This whole story starts with a guy killing someone with a fart. I just couldn't after that, although I did listen a little while longer, I gave up and have no regrets about abandoning it. I hear it supposedly gets better after the first few chapters, but I just don't think I would have liked it anyway.
On the plus side, we enjoyed our book club chat and had some fun snacks that went with the book theme.
Sheep cupcakes
Vat grown meat or the closest thing to it. No one was brave enough to eat it.
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