There are a few key scenes which the film omitted which I thought would have been great. Here’s where the film and the novel differ most significantly (in my opinion). However, considering the motives of the film industry, especially mainstream acceptance, Blade Runner is a ground-breaking film in many ways. I agree that the film focuses more on the Hollywood actors than the troubling story created by Dick. Harrison Ford convincingly portrays the morally troubled Deckard and Sean Young is dangerously seductive as Rachael. The mysterious landscapes and a grim and unforgiving future sets the mood for the story. Undoubtably there are many story elements that are different but conceptually both are very similar. Unlike many die-hard PKD fans, I thought the movie Blade Runner stayed true enough to Dick’s vision outlined in the novel. This is the classic debate between PKD fans and the Blade Runner camp. Blade Runner – Does it do the book justice? The story and drama of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep are perfect for Hollywood but also make intense observations about the nature of life, religion, technology and the human condition. The character development in this novel is as good as any I’ve read in a PKD book and the story draws on many of Dick’s common themes. It is heavy in drama but also asks profound philosophical questions. It works on many levels and addresses a range of humanity’s most pressing concerns. It has all the elements of a great work of science fiction. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is a classic in the genre. It would be hard to find a reader of science fiction who would disagree that Philip K. Warning: Reading the review below may give away the story if you haven’t read it. It is a classic Dick backdrop for a story that takes the reader through the dark recesses of the human psyche. The picture that Dick creates of San Francisco in 2021 is dark and disturbing. Many complex emotions are addressed in this book including basic human feelings of empathy, love and loneliness. Throughout the course of the book, Deckard finds himself caught between his own feelings and the requirements of his job to kill. When a group of replicants go on a murder spree, hijack a ship and return to Earth, it is Deckard’s job to search and destroy these villianous androids. They also provide company to human settlers in space. The replicants are perfect reproductions of humans who are manufactured to do hard physical labor in the colonization of distant planets. He is a special police officer assigned to terminate human replicants who live unnoticed in the San Francisco of 2021. It is the futuristic story of Rick Deckard, Blade Runner. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is Dick’s most well known novel (and rightfully so in my opinion), due to the fact that the movie Blade Runner was based on this story.
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