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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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Posted 2007-10-09 2:25 PM (#1111)
Subject: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?



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so with the release of Blade Runner: The Final Cut just around the corner (12/18/07) i've been considering reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.  i'm a huge Blade Runner fan (who isn't?) but i've never read the original.

is it worth the effort?  will reading the book spoil the movie for someone who's only familiar with the latter?  the general rule of thumb is that the book is always better than the movie but Blade Runner is so iconic now.  not sure that holds in this case.  i'm so familiar with the movie version that i'm actually concerned the book will disappoint!

i'm looking forward to the movie release and it seems a good time to read androids to whet my appetite.  i'm going to get the briefcase super-duper deluxe collectors edition.  anybody else talking to Santa about this one?

- dave

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christopherw277
Posted 2007-10-11 1:15 PM (#1114 - in reply to #1111)
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Yes indeed.

There's a great article here on the movie as well...

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-ca-blade30sep30,1,4025561.story?coll=la-entnews-movies&ctrack=1&cset=true

...but somehow reminiscing about the movie only makes me hungrier to go back and read the 1968 vision as PKD set it down, himself....

 

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Deven Science
Posted 2007-10-11 1:19 PM (#1115 - in reply to #1111)
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I found very few similarities between the two. So few, in fact, that it's easy for me to recognize each version as two different entities. As such, I can appreciate each one without comparison to the other.
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Posted 2007-10-11 11:34 PM (#1117 - in reply to #1111)
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well, we watched the director's cut last night and i'm definitely going to read the original now. just love that movie. i know a lot of people knock it for the slow pacing but i love it. i was a little distracted looking for all the flaws i had read they had fixed for the final cut tho. never noticed the hand on Batty's shoulder when he's in the phone booth! it was like where's waldo as i checked them off my list.

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Posted 2008-02-06 10:34 PM (#1308 - in reply to #1117)
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Warning: there are many elements in that short story that end up in AI, which you found rather repulsive.
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