This essay was written for a class I took called “Science Fiction and American Culture.” It was in response to reading several stories in Mirrorshades, edited by Bruce Sterling, as well as assigned readings from Storming the Reality Studio, edited by Larry McCaffery.
If you would like to read Mirrorshades, still considered an excellent introduction to [...]
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Shattered, Disassociated and Confused
Alternative Blade Runner Realities
The following essay was a paper I wrote for a class I took called “Science Fiction and American Culture.” It compares Philip K. Dick’s novel Blader Runner, originally titled Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? to the movie based on it, Blade Runner.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was first published in 1968. You should [...]
