The first time I heard of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, it was on the required reading list for a Science Fiction Lit course. In the end, I didn't take that class, so I didn't read it. Since I finally started reading Philip K. Dick's books, however, I thought I probably ought to see what the hullabaloo about this "Classic of Science-Fiction" was. 
 I did like it. It was fun and disturbing and off-the-wall in all the right ways, but--like most things--it suffers under the weight of its own hype. Worth noting, though, that I started my PKD repertoire with A Scanner Darkly, so my expectations may have been unreasonably high. 
 There were, of course, scenes that hit all of the right notes. Resch's subplot: (view spoiler)[and the fact that he is, in fact, human, albeit amoral from Rick's perspective. Also, the death of Luba Luft. (hide spoiler)]. 
 I think my favorite scene was the spider. (view spoiler)[The way the androids are sitting there, casually discussing/rejoicing in that they have 'proved' that empathy does not exist, that there is no fundamental difference between themselves and humans... as they're cutting the legs off of a spider out of curiosity, utterly uncomprehending of why J.R. Isadore is so revolted by their actions. There was power in that scene. And, more subtly, in how--even after that--Isadore would not willingly give them up, because he felt empathy for them even as they used and manipulated him. 
 Additionally, you could spark an interesting discussion of theism vs. atheism as portrayed by the difference between the two warring religious viewpoints in the novel, but perhaps another time. (hide spoiler)] 
 PKD has a tendency to meander, and he makes heavy use of unreliable narrators. I'm generally okay with that, but here it still feels unpolished. He starts to twist the readers perceptions, plants seeds of "what if..." and then backs off just as you start to really wonder. Example: (view spoiler)[When the androids try to convince Rick that he himself might be an android as part of their own self-defense plot. I was ready to follow through at least on the uncertainty... but it was gone. Same with the subplot of Resch. (hide spoiler)] 
 I like PKD as an author. He had a very... unique perspective of the world (and, indeed, of 'Reality' itself) and it comes through in his writing. He does an excellent job of questioning what it means to be 'human' throughout this book. I enjoyed it immensely. I'm sure the concepts and questions will stick around for some time to come. 
 Still, as good as this is (I can't say it's a bad book by any means), I don't think this is his best work. 
 Final Verdict: 3.5/5, rounded up because I'm a sucker for the moments when it works.