Bo has chosen a new book for us to investigate over at the Dark and Stormy Book Club!
Bo has picked Philip Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. If that sounds familiar to you, that’s because it’s the book that inspired Blade Runner (which, by the way, is one of Mr. Chili’s all-time favorite movies). I’ve heard NOTHING but good things about the story, and I’m really looking forward to finding out for myself if all the good stuff I’ve heard is true.
I tried to pick up a copy of the story this afternoon, but the wretched big-box book store had EVERY story Dick had EVER written EXCEPT the one I wanted. I’m still a little pissed off about that, and am going to call my favorite (though not terribly local) bookstore this morning to find out if THEY’VE got a copy – and, if they do, if they’ll hold one for me.
Join us, won’t you? We really do have a great time – reading great stories and then discussing them with smart and funny people is FUN!
That movie is definitely in my top 10 all time favorites. Read the story long ago.
So, read it again with us!!
While I LIKE Blade Runner, it’s not in my top ten movie list. Can you try to articulate, Gerry, why you like it so much?
I love Blade Runner, too. Part of it is due to the intelligence of the story, the unanswered questions. Rutger Hauer’s speech near the end gets me every time. Also, I saw this movie when it was in the theater something like 25 years ago. The visual effects were very good for that time frame, so it delighted this little geeky girl nerd. Today, we take visuals for granted.
Oh wait, you asked Gerry.
Oh. I just read that this movie is going to be re-released this year as a 25th anniversary event – new director’s cut in theaters. What fun.
I adore Blade Runner — not a top ten favourite, but definitely up there. I haven’t yet read this, actually; I’ll have to comb the Berkeley bookstores to see if I can pick it up used. I so want to participate in this but I’ve been too busy up until now!
Feather, this is a great title to begin Dark and Stormying with us. As easy as it is to read, it’s not at all hard to find time for it. Welcome!
Thought of your book club when I came across a blog entry on an apparently much-discussed article about P.K. Dick’s merit, or lack thereof, as a writer:
http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2007/08/22/the-case-for-and-against-dick/#more-185
Doesn’t have a lot of bearing on the book itself, or your discussion of it, but I’m always interested in big arguments among lit people about any given author’s lasting value. I’ve been following all of the stir about Kerouac (it was the 50th anniversary of the publication of On The Road a few weeks ago) with rabid interest.
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