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The Blade Runner Experience
The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic
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English
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2006
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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 online fandom and asks how the film's future city compares to the present-day Los Angeles, and it revisits the film to pose surprising new questions about its characters and their world.
Author / Editor information
Will Brooker is associate professor in communications at Richmond, the American International University in London. He is the author of Batman Unmasked: Analyzing a Cultural Icon; Using the Force: Creativity, Community and 'Star Wars' Fans; and Alice's Adventures: Lewis Carroll in Pop.
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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EDITOR’S NOTE
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NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
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INTRODUCTION: 2019 VISION
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THE BLADE RUNNER EXPERIENCE: PILGRIMAGE AND LIMINAL SPACE
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POST-MILLENNIUM BLADE RUNNER
31 - SECTION 1: THE CINEMA OF PHILIP K. DICK
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REEL TOADS AND IMAGINARY CITIES: PHILIP K. DICK, BLADE RUNNER AND THE CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE
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REDEMPTION, ‘RACE’, RELIGION, REALITY AND THE FAR-RIGHT: SCIENCE FICTION FILM ADAPTATIONS OF PHILIP K. DICK
59 - SECTION 2: PLAYING BLADE RUNNER
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REPLICATING THE BLADE RUNNER
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IMPLANTED MEMORIES, OR THE ILLUSION OF FREE ACTION
92 - SECTION 3: FANS
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SCANNING THE REPLICANT TEXT
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ACADEMIC TEXTUAL POACHERS: BLADE RUNNER AS CULT CANONICAL MOVIE
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ORIGINALS AND COPIES: THE FANS OF PHILIP K. DICK, BLADE RUNNER AND K. W. JETER
142 - SECTION 4: IDENTITIES
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THE RACHEL PAPERS: IN SEARCH OF BLADE RUNNER’S FEMME FATALE
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PURGE! CLASS PATHOLOGY IN BLADE RUNNER
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POSTMODERN ROMANCE: THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF (DE)CENTRING THE SELF
190 - SECTION 5: THE CITY
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FALSE LA: BLADE RUNNER AND THE NIGHTMARE CITY
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IMAGINING THE REAL: BLADE RUNNER AND DISCOURSES ON THE POSTMETROPOLIS
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FILMOGRAPHY
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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INDEX
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February 21, 2006
eBook ISBN:
9780231501798
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
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240
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6
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6 b&w
eBook ISBN:
9780231501798
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Professional and scholarly;
