![]() Instead, the Cassandra Kresnov series is military SF, “space opera” in the action-adventure sense of the term. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Although the series has its “android-on-the-run” moments, its world is not the brooding dystopia of “Blade Runner.” Although intrigue and cyberspace both play a role in Shepherd’s novels, they are not an exercise in paranoia such as anime’s “Ghost in the Shell.” ![]() Although there are occasional philosophical discussions in the books, they are not a meditation on the meaning of humanity as in Philip K. Thus it may be helpful to say what Australian author Joel Shepherd’s Cassandra Kresnov series is not. Originality in such a situation lies not in coming up with something completely new, but in how one uses traditional SF elements. Robots and androids and their ilk have become a trope in SF. ![]() and Fritz Lang’s Metropolis to the present day. (Note: This review originally appeared in Ray Gun Revival 50, Jan 2009)Īrtificial humans abound in science fiction, from Karel Capek’s R.U.R. ![]()
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