Blade Runner, and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Nov 07, 2020 19:11

It's a bit difficult to concentrate this evening! (For people coming across this blog post years from now, we just heard that Joe Biden won th election. Today is Saturday, the election was on Tuesday.)

But to my normal Saturday busioness. Blade Runner won the Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation in 1983. The other finalists were all cinema films; I ( Read more... )

hugo and nebula winning films, writer: philip k dick, sf: hugos, films, set in 2021

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huskyteer November 8 2020, 09:14:05 UTC
I've only recently seen the film but I read the book when I was 12ish and the bit with the cat made a huge impression on me.

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redfiona99 November 9 2020, 17:44:13 UTC
>>It's a short book, but it's amazing how little of it actually made it into the film<< If you get the chance (and haven't already), I'd recommend "Future Noir" which is a book about the making of the film. It's amazing that any of it made it in. Although I do like that they at least changed the name.

(I love both the film and book, although they are very different.)

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