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2008-12-31

Do readers dream of movie adaptations?

(tags book, 1968, science fiction)

I recently read Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Most people probably know it as original story inspiring the epic movie Blade Runner.

Um, my experience of reading the book was ruined because I already saw the movie. But of course! They are totally seperate, which is why the book felt ruined. I had the silly idea that the book should have a disclaimer that it's not related to the movie. Uh.

With that said, I wholeheartedly recommend this book. It's timeless sci-fi.

Spoilers in ROT13 below

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