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Re: Sounds interesting. I've been meaning to read more Dick also. everynametaken Send a noteboard - 14/08/2014 01:21:35 PM

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View original postIf you get a chance to read it, I would recommend it. It was good enough to get me to search out more Dick to read. I ended up choosing Bladerunner (originally titled Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?). That will be the review I do in My foray into Dick, Part II…


View original postStill titled Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, as far as I'm aware. Blade Runner is the movie version (or perhaps I should say movies - there are several cuts of the movie that are apparently different enough to make for quite different viewer experiences).

I believe I read that after the movie the book was reprinted from that time forward as Bladerunner. I think if I read that correctly that that is the only book I have ever heard of changing it's title.
I didn't really care for the movie. I understand why people like it, it was interesting turning it into a noire type feel, but it just deviates from the book and the questions raised in the book about what makes us human that I just couldn't get into it.


View original postAnyway, I did read that book and watched (one version of) the movie, both of which are deserving classics.

Oh, there is a movie version of A Scanner Darkly, but I didn't mention it or review it because I wanted to start getting some reviews on the board and contributing more. I'll probably put the review here instead of the TV & Movies board though today at some point. It is a bit of an odd watch because it is done in rotoscope, but the movie stays pretty true to the book. Keanu Reeves is Arctor, Robert Downy Jr. is Barris, Woody Harrelson is Luckman and Winona Ryder is Donna. Excellent casting.

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My foray into Dick, Part I: A Scanner Darkly (1977) - 13/08/2014 04:39:44 AM 1005 Views
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Sounds interesting. I've been meaning to read more Dick also. - 13/08/2014 10:00:28 PM 651 Views
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The title is the same, Blade Runner has nothing to do with P.K Dick - 26/08/2014 02:46:23 PM 700 Views
I think what I was thinking about was the audiobook. - 28/08/2014 03:49:39 AM 992 Views
Thanks for this review - 14/08/2014 02:14:00 PM 667 Views
Re: Thanks for this review - 15/08/2014 03:23:40 PM 740 Views

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