Last week Frankenstein and his creation survived against The Handmaid's Tale. That's the third novel that came in second place in it's group that's gone on to the quarter-finals.
This week we have two great books that have been turned into even more famous movies.
In the case of 2001 the movie isn't quite an adaptation, since the movie was being produced at the same time the book was being written. The movie and the novel are fairly close to each other in plot, with some differences, such as which planet the final scene takes place in orbit around. Interestingly, the next novel, 2010, follows up on the movie's continuity, not that of the proceeding novel. So the movie can be seen as actually more definitive than the book.
Then there's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which inspired "Blade Runner", but really doesn't have too much in common with it, details wise. They are very different stories, though both excellent in their own way. And while the original story is great, I do think it's become Dick's most famous work purely because of the movie. On it's own, I don't think it stands out above Dick's other fantastic work. Which he has a lot of. But hey, whatever gets people reading his stuff!
