Tag: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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Philip K. Dick’s 1968 science fiction novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is far less famous than Ridley Scott’s 1982 movie Blade Runner, which is loosely based on the novel. A few of the novel’s characters and dramatic situations, as well as bits of dialogue, found their way into Blade Runner, often shorn of the context in which they made sense. But the movie and novel dramatically diverge on the fundamental question of what makes human beings different from androids, and in terms of the “myths” that provide the deep structure of their stories.  (more…)

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Sci-fi román Philipa K. Dicka z roku 1968 Sní androidi o elektrických ovečkách? se těší mnohem menší proslulosti než jím volně inspirovaný kultovní film Ridleyho Scotta z roku 1982 Blade Runner. Některé postavy, dramatické situace či útržky dialogů z knihy si našly cestu i do filmu, často vytržené z kontextu v němž dávaly smysl. Kniha a film se však dramaticky rozcházejí ve stěžejní otázce, čím se liší lidé od androidů a také v povaze „mýtu“, dodávajícího příběhům hlubší strukturu.  (more…)

2,398 words

Philip K. Dick’s 1968 science fiction novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is far less famous than Ridley Scott’s 1982 movie Blade Runner, which is loosely based on the novel. A few of the novel’s characters and dramatic situations, as well as bits of dialogue, found their way into Blade Runner, often shorn of the context in which they made sense. But the movie and novel dramatically diverge on the fundamental question of what makes human beings different from androids, and in terms of the “myths” that provide the deep structure of their stories.  (more…)