Cyberpunk - William Gibson style
sewinglady:
It's not a 'short work' - "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" is a full length novel.
It is NOTHING like the movie. NO happy ending, that's for damn sure.
The movie is mostly Ridley Scott's vision of the future...the adaptation is loose at best.
Dick passed in 1982. http://www.philipkdick.com/
Blade Runner was released in the same year.
Other movies are based on some of his short stories. Among them are Imposter (close), Minority Report (another very loose adaptation), Paycheck (again, not so close), Screamers, and Total Recall.
Dick's vision of the future is much more dark, sinister and paranoid than most cyberpunk writers paint it...
And if you REALLY want to sit up nights wondering about what it is that we are doing (re the Sims2) read his short story "The Days of Perky Pat" (available in the Minority Report anthology that was published when the movie came out.
Stitches:
Quote from: Lorelei on 2007 April 11, 03:00:06
Would this be "my" Neil Gaiman? If so, colour me flattered!
I've apparently missed something important because I didn't know Neil had been released out into the wild yet. Linksy?
Lorelei:
Quote from: Stitches on 2007 April 16, 21:06:32
Quote from: Lorelei on 2007 April 11, 03:00:06
Would this be "my" Neil Gaiman? If so, colour me flattered!
I've apparently missed something important because I didn't know Neil had been released out into the wild yet. Linksy?
The link is in my sig below. Also has some other random Sims like Law and Order and What Not To Wear.
The key to my Sim-making is apparently to poke me when I am bored, at which point off I go, making whatever was just discussed. Otherwise, I don't do it much.
:)
Sagana:
I'm quite enjoying your Gaiman btw. I'll hafta come up with a pic of him in-game to put up somewhere :)
witch:
Quote from: miros on 2007 April 16, 13:43:48
Bladerunner was based on Philip K. Dick's short work, "Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep?" which was published far far earlier than Gibson or any of the other cyberpunk genre.
Laeshanin showed me an awesome screensaver - Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep? Bit of herbal help and you can watch the screensaver all night.
I love Philip K. Dick's writings, though I haven't watched the movies, suspected they'd piss me off.
There's a game made from a short story by Harlan Ellison for those who like sci fi dystopia, I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream. You need DOS box to play it and it's really weird.
As for Cyberpunk sims - I'm still building the star shaped Podpalace where my shift workers will live.
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