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Escape Pod => Science Fiction Discussion => Topic started by: Ocicat on March 13, 2010, 09:37:55 AM

Title: Blade Runner
Post by: Ocicat on March 13, 2010, 09:37:55 AM

Well, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep just got knocked out of the SF Novel poll, wherein I discussed how the movie it inspired, Blade Runner, was actually a better quality work.  It seems that PK Dick might agree with me.  I just came across a link (http://www.philipkdick.com/new_letters-laddcompany.html) to this letter he wrote before the movie had yet come out:

(http://www.philipkdick.com/images/new_letters_walker-bladerunn.jpg)

Title: Re: Blade Runner
Post by: Heradel on March 14, 2010, 04:41:25 AM

It's sad he never got to see the complete work, he died a few months before it came out (and was a commercial and critical failure (the latter due to the studio), at least in the short term).

Title: Re: Blade Runner
Post by: Ocicat on March 14, 2010, 05:15:46 AM

But it did change science fiction anyway...

Title: Re: Blade Runner
Post by: kibitzer on March 16, 2010, 04:40:53 AM

Wow, that certainly is some endorsement.