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Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep <\/i><\/b>by Paul Tremblay<\/b><\/a>
\nHarperCollins (June 2026)<\/b>
\n<\/b>Reviewed by Briana Morgan\"\"<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Imagine <\/span>Weekend at Bernie\u2019s<\/span><\/i>, but with a jaded, aimless gamer and AI thrown into the mix. That\u2019s what you get with Paul Tremblay\u2019s latest release, <\/span>Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep<\/span><\/i>. In an obvious reference to Philip K. Dick\u2019s <\/span>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?<\/span><\/i>, Tremblay departs from his usual style to an ambitious, darkly funny commentary on consciousness and human autonomy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Julia Flang has managed to eke out a living as a professional gamer. She lives with her uncle and has no real goals for her life. So, when Julia\u2019s estranged CEO mother offers her the payday of a lifetime, it\u2019s a deal she can\u2019t refuse. The only problem? The company wants Julia to use a device to make a locked-in, brain-dead man move from one place to another. In Julia\u2019s own words, thick with disbelief: <\/span>\u201cYou want me to remote control this dead dude across the country?\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

What follows is a genre-bending romp that strays far from Tremblay\u2019s other, more supernatural works of fiction. It presents a hero\u2019s journey in which the hero is already dead\u2014yet you still can\u2019t help rooting for him and for Julia. Told in alternating points of view (Julia\u2019s and the dead man\u2019s, dubbed \u201cBernie\u201d), Tremblay presents us with a compelling argument for the persistence of human consciousness. What makes a human <\/span>human<\/span><\/i>, and at what point does someone really cease to exist?<\/span><\/p>\n

The Bernie chapters, told in second-person point of view, were difficult to get through. I had a tough time grasping what was happening in them because they are deliberately ambiguous, reflecting Bernie\u2019s state of awareness. Although I much preferred Julia\u2019s parts of the book, I can understand and appreciate what Tremblay was trying to accomplish overall. For a wry, critical take on the future of artificial intelligence, I definitely recommend <\/span>Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Dick\u2019s … Continue Reading! “Review: Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep by Paul Tremblay”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[80],"tags":[2570,435],"class_list":["post-21635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-briana-morgan","tag-paul-tremblay"],"yoast_head":"\nReview: Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep by Paul Tremblay - 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