[OT] 17 Science Fiction Books That Forever Changed The Genre

[Steve Kinney]

On 10/30/2017 09:22 AM, John Newman wrote:

>> I'm awfully fond of Blade Runner and The Man In The High Castle, but A
>> Scanner Darkly FTW IMO:  Keanu Reeves says he studied his lines straight
>> out of a paperback copy of the novel.
> 
> That movie is fuckin awesome. I think it's also my favorite book
> by Dick.. he got a lot of it so right because he was a speed freak
> there for a good while, I think :P  
> 
> For those that enjoyed the Scanner Darkly film, Linklater did another
> film in a very similar animated style called "Waking Life" a few
> years before ASD came out, and it was great.
> 
> The thing about Blade Runner is... its not a whole lot like the
> book. 

That's a common syndrome with PKD novels made into films, with the
notable exceptions of A Scanner Darkly.  It should come as no surprise
that Dick is popular in present company...

http://pilobilus.net/xfer/PKD-Howto.jpg

:o)

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