The Blade runner experience : the legacy of a science fiction classic / edited by Will Brooker.
| Other author | Brooker, Will, 1970- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Columbia University Press, 2012. |
| Description | 1 online resource (265 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | JSTOR |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Editor's Note; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: 2019 Vision; The Blade Runner Experience: Pilgrimage and LIminal Space; Post-Millennium Blade Runner; SECTION 1: THE CINEMA OF PHILIP K. DICK; Reel Toads and Imaginary Cities: Philip K. Dick, Blade Runner and the Contemporary Science Fiction Movie; Redemption, 'Race', Religion, Reality and the Far-Right: Science Fiction Film Adaptations of Philip K. Dick; SECTION 2: PLAYING BLADE RUNNER; Replicating the Blade Runner; Implanted Memories, or the Illusion of Free Action; SECTION 3: FANS; Scanning the Replicant Text. |
| Contents | Academic Textual Poachers: Blade Runner as Cult Canonical Movie Originals and Copies: The Fans of Philip K. Dick, Blade Runner and K.W. Jeter; SECTION 4: IDENTITIES; The Rachel Papers: In Search of Blade Runner's Femme Fatale; Purge! Class Pathology in Blade Runner; Postmodern Romace: The Impossibility of (De)Centring the Self; SECTION 5: THE CITY; False LA: Blade Runner and the Nightmare City; Imagining the Real: Blade Runner and Discourses on the Postmetropolis; Filmography; Bibliography; Index. |
| Abstract | Since its release in 1982, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, has remained a cult classic through its depiction of a futuristic Los Angeles; its complex, enigmatic plot; and its underlying questions about the nature of human identity. The Blade Runner Experience: The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic examines the film in a broad context, examining its relationship to the original novel, the PC game, the series of sequels, and the many films influenced by its style and themes. It investigates Blade Runner onlin. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Brooker, Will. Blade Runner Experience : The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012 9781904764304 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780231501798 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 023150179X (electronic bk.) |
| Stock number | 22573/ctt3cm9p8 JSTOR |
| Stock number | 0888416C-6429-411B-B66F-A011D22726BA OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com |