Digging into the Odd History of Blade Runner’s Title

Re:Digging into the Odd History of Blade Runner’s Title by nidnogg on Monday July 31, 2023 @04:32PM (#36948371)

I had a similar impression. For me those two hit the hardest and I think it can drag a bit in those moments. I expected a more in depth view as is often the case with source material, not an entirely different societal mindset from most characters. It's as if they forked out a huge part of the story for the movies and honestly I'm glad they did so.

I was a bit skeptic of Philip K Dick once I finished it but I'm glad I took up Ubik a couple of years after - it turned out to be one of my favorite reads.

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Re:Digging into the Odd History of Blade Runner’s Title by lordfrito on Monday July 31, 2023 @05:27PM (#36949104)

Ubik is my favorite as well.

Another good PKD read is A Maze of Death... it has very dated tech in it (satellite in orbit playing pre-recorded tape)... but the ideas are very similar to Ubik (in a way). A world deteriorating, an almost spiritual war between forces of order and disorder.

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Re:Digging into the Odd History of Blade Runner’s Title by smcin on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @03:26AM (#36953341)

> bit skeptic of PKD... but I'm glad I took up Ubik a couple of years after

'Ubik' the novel, not the substance, I take it. in the novel [spoiler], Ubik is a store-bought aerosol product which can be used to temporarily reverse deterioration... or is it...?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubik

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