James Burton discusses how Philip K. Dick’s novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? prompts readers to reconsider our definitions of the human and the non-human.
This article was originally published on The Conversation on 10 April 2018.
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Philip K Dick’s androids looked like humans – but real world robots may soon feel empathy, too
Raya A. Jones discusses how androids and humans interact in Philip K. Dick’s novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
This article was originally published on The Conversation on 6 March 2018.
The misogyny of Blade Runner 2049?
The release of Blade Runner 2049 in October 2017 was not met with universal acclaim. Across Twitter and numerous other blog posts and articles, it was decried for its misogyny. Charlotte Gush pronounced the then-newly released film as “a misogynistic mess, and the most overrated … Continue reading The misogyny of Blade Runner 2049?
Her (2013) and the legacy of Do Android’s Dream of Electric Sheep?
In a discussion of the lasting cultural impact of the Philip K. Dick novel, Noah Berlatsky wrote in an article for Salon that Jonze’s 2013 film, Her, takes the anxieties of Dick’s Do Android’s Dream of Electric Sheep? and “extrapolates our present omni-wired society into a … Continue reading Her (2013) and the legacy of Do Android’s Dream of Electric Sheep?
Blade Runner 2049 (2017) trailer
Tickets for our December event on Philip K. Dick’s Do Android’s Dream of Electric Sheep? are still available and can be booked on Eventbrite.
BFI Blade Runner 2049 review: ‘The future’s still questionable’
Tim Hayes’ review of Blade Runner 2049 for the British Film Institute pinpointed some of the film’s more unsettling questions, such those pertaining to memory and identity, childhood regret and nostalgia, misanthropy and slave culture.
Mark Kermode on Blade Runner 2049
Reviewing Blade Runner 2049 for the Observer in October 2017, Mark Kermode remarked of Denis Villeneuve’s sequel to the Ridley Scott classic that it was as good as the hype suggests, spectacular enough to win over new generations of viewers, yet deep enough to reassure diehard … Continue reading Mark Kermode on Blade Runner 2049
BookTalk event, 4 December 2017: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
This December at Cardiff BookTalk we’re taking a look back at Philip K. Dick’s classic vision of the future in the 1968 science fiction novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
