The Blade runner experience : the legacy of a science fiction classic / edited by Will Brooker.

Other author Brooker, Will, 1970-
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Wallflower, 2005.
Descriptionx, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Blade runner (Motion picture)
Science fiction films--History and criticism.

Contents Introduction : 2019 vision / Will Brooker -- The Blade runner experience : pilgrimage and liminal space / Will Brooker -- Post-millennium Blade runner / Judith B. Kerman -- Section 1. The cinema of Philip K. Dick -- Reel toads and imaginary cities : Philip K. Dick, Blade runner and the contemporary science fiction movie / Aaron Barlow -- Redemption, 'race', religion, reality and the far-right : science fiction film adaptations of Philip K. Dick / Dominic Alessio -- Section 2. Playing Blade runner -- Replicating the Blade runner / Barry Atkins -- Implanted memories, or the illusion of free action / Susana P. Tosca -- Section 3. Fans -- Scanning the replicant text / Jonathan Gray -- Academic textual poachers : Blade runner as cult canonical movie / Matt Hills -- Originals and copies : the fans of Philip K. Dick, Blade runner and K.W. Jeter / Christy Gray -- Section 4. Identities -- The Rachel papers : in search of Blade runner's femme fatale / Deborah Jermyn -- Purge! Class pathology in Blade runner / Sean Redmond -- Postmodern romance : the impossibility of (de)centring the self / Nick Lacey -- Part 5. The city -- False LA : Blade runner and the nightmare city / Stephen Rowley -- Imagining the real : Blade runner and discourses on the postmetropolis / Peter Brooker.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 230-244) and index.
Bibliography noteIncludes filmography: p. 225-229.
ISBN1904764312 (cased)
ISBN9781904764311 (cased)
ISBN1904764304 (pbk.)
ISBN9781904764304 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks PN1997.B596 B53 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold