Hi everyone :) I was wondering if anyone would be interested in chatting about things similar to Blade Runner/Philip K Dick? I’ve read pretty much all of his books that I get my hands on, but am sadly hitting the point where it’s an event when I find one I’ve not already read. :)
Do any other Science Fiction writers or films scratch the same itch? :)
To throw one of his own into the discussion: We Can Build You is fantastic - much slower, but explores androids, and their impact on the human characters. :)
Have you seen Ex Machina? I really enjoyed it and found it unsettling in a good way.
Ooh thank you! I will give it a go, because I have heard it’s a classic but never bit the bullet :) thanks!
Have you tried Neuromancer by William Gibson?
This is absolutely a correct answer. I recognize how important it is to the world I love visiting in my mind, but for some reason the book just never clicked for me. The way it assumes I understand the world I’ve been dropped into and does very little hand holding was part of my problem, but there was something else. Anyways, interesting book and clearly the inspiration for so much of the media I consume today
Yeah I definitely agree about dropping you in to a lived in world with it’s own culture, slang, and colloquialisms. I ended up loving it and the next two in the series. It was kind of amazing seeing so many cyberpunk themes originating in one text. At the same time seeing how you could say that Neuromancer was set in the same world as Blade Runner, almost like a fan fic, just in a different part of the world.
I picked up Mona Lisa Overdrive and the other one also because I was so positive that I had found my series. Might have to give it a third attempt at some point. Appreciate you input.
I haven’t! Thank you, I will give it a go, I’ve pretty much gone ham with PKD, and asides from Greg Bear and the usual almost sci-fi stuff like George Orwell, so I would love to have that moment again :) Thanks again :)
More old-school and somewhat less dystopian, but you might try out Isaac Asimov. The two books that come to mind offhand would be The Positronic Man, and I, Ronot. I think Ray Bradbury had some novellas in the same vein too. Been a long while since I’ve gone through their works though.
Edit for speeling: I, Robot
Thank you so much! :) I should have thought to, asking with Huxley, Asimov is one of the ones I’ve heard only amazing things about, that and Fahrenheit 451 too! :)
I’m going to save this thread, these are brilliant ideas that didn’t occur to me, thank you! :)
Also by Asimov, The Caves of Steel which is about a detective and his robot partner solving a murder mystery on a future Earth where all cities are domed over and people are afraid to go outside.
Also check out the Automata series by Penny Arcade.
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Also Alien and Aliens appear to take place in the same universe as Blade Runner.
Awesome! Thank you I’ll definitely add Snow Crash to the list! :)
No kidding?! I didn’t realise that was a thing! Awesome, I’d be up for rewatching them to find nods and links! :) Thank you, that’s really neat