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While I really enjoyed the film Bladerunner, in all of its never-ending revisions, there is no substitute for reading the book. Notably, the film's exclusion of the religion of Mercerism seems to have been a mistake since this was a very resonant symbol in the novel. With the exception of A Scanner Darkly, few PKD film-adaptations have come close to the mark.
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I don't think this book was quite what I wanted or imagined it to be. That's not to say I didn't enjoy it, because I did. Hence, the 4 stars. I wish he would've delved further into some of the subjects he introduced. Maybe then he would have gotten 5 stars. Your loss Philip!
Some questions posed/themes from the book include :
-What does it mean to be human in a digital, mechanized world?
-Where, if anywhere, does one draw a line between the value of real and artificial life?
-As in all his books ...more
Some questions posed/themes from the book include :
-What does it mean to be human in a digital, mechanized world?
-Where, if anywhere, does one draw a line between the value of real and artificial life?
-As in all his books ...more
Wicked good. A must read.
A true classic if there ever was one, and so much more than the (already excellent) movie. Deep, touching, provocative.
What every story about the future should be, dazzling and incomprehensible, in the best way possible.
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Porphyria Plan
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Aug 28, 2008
Erich Franz Linner-Guzmann
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it was amazing
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