Blade Runner (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)

still, one of the rare instances where the movie is better than the book

Prophetic

This is the one and only case in wich the movie is far better than the book, being the book very good, indeed. The sensation when reading this is, for me, of longing... longing for a better life, longing for a better woman, longing for a better world... Deckard is fighting in fact against himself and against replicants, who are also running, like the blade runner... everybody runs,everybody tries...more

This is the one and only case in wich the movie is far better than the book, being the book very good, indeed. The sensation when reading this is, for me, of longing... longing for a better life, longing for a better woman, longing for a better world... Deckard is fighting in fact against himself and against replicants, who are also running, like the blade runner... everybody runs,everybody tries to escape from reality...As the plot developes, we find that everything is harder, no matter how difficult it seems... but Deckard continues with his duty, and fighting for his own reality...A must.   hide

so very different than the movie...Buster Friendly...but once you read it...look around and see how many folks lack empathy...

excelente libro¡¡¡¡

I guess I should start out by saying Blade Runner is my favorite movie. So I have been wanting to read this book forever.

It is a very good story. However, you should know that the movie was not an exact duplicate of the book. Despite that, the author did approve of the movie.

There are some fundamental differences. There exists Mercerism, a pseudo religious sharing of good feelings...more

I guess I should start out by saying Blade Runner is my favorite movie. So I have been wanting to read this book forever.

It is a very good story. However, you should know that the movie was not an exact duplicate of the book. Despite that, the author did approve of the movie.

There are some fundamental differences. There exists Mercerism, a pseudo religious sharing of good feelings with the planet thingy, Deckard has a wife, empathy boxes, Zhora is not in the book, the previous war, lack of live animals and it takes places in San Francisco instead of Los Angeles. Despite these differences, I believe the movie still caught the essence of what was being communicated in the book.

In this book and the movie, the emotional content and context of the characters is more the story that the location or props. Like the movie, the book centers on Deckard's struggles as a person and the journey he goes through as he is faced with six Nexus-6 units that come from off-world.

I consider this book a must-read for fans of sci-fi and the movie. The paperback is about 242 pages and can be had for $8 or less. Enjoy!   hide

It is hard to distinguish between the human or android body. It is hard to be sure whom from those two am I.

Okay so I thought I might have read this awhile ago but I didn't. It won't let me say "didn't read" without saying reading/want to read/wont read. So w/e

3.5 stars