FILM amp LITERATURE DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP BLADE RUNNER TODAYS JOURNAL Nov 26 Androids is a canonical work in science fiction What is SF What do you like or dislike about the genre ID: 771453
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FILM & LITERATURE DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? /BLADE RUNNER
TODAY’S JOURNAL (Nov 26) Androids is a canonical* work in science fiction. What is SF? What do you like or dislike about the genre**?* classic/indispensable**think: book/movie you’ve read/watched; genre as a whole
A SCIENCE-FICTIONAL WORLD “I love you sons of bitches. You’re all I read any more. You're the only ones who’ll talk all about the really terrific changes going on, the only ones crazy enough to know that life is a space voyage…You’re the only ones with guts enough to really care about the future, who really notice what machines do to us, what wars do to us, what cities do to us, what big, simple ideas do to us, what tremendous misunderstanding, mistakes, accidents, catastrophes do to us. You're the only ones zany enough to agonize over time and distance without limit, over mysteries that will never die, over the fact that we are right now determining whether the space voyage for the next billion years or so is going to be Heaven or Hell.” Kurt Vonnegut , God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
WHAT IS SCIENCE FICTION? Science fiction (aka sci-fi, SF) is…Slippery term – genre is diverse and thus hard to labelCritic Damon Knight said, “Science fiction is what I point to when I say, ‘This is science fiction.’ ”Some definitions…"Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science Fiction is the improbable made possible.“ (Rod Serling)“A good science-fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam .” ( Frederik Pohl) " Science fiction (is) that branch of literature which deals with the reaction of human beings to changes in science and technology .” (Isaac Asimov) " Science fiction is something that could happen—but you usually it wouldn't. Fantasy is something that couldn't happen—though you often wish it could .“ (Arthur C. Clarke)
THEMES OF SCIENCE FICTION
THEMES OF SCIENCE FICTION The future TechnologyTime / time travelSpace explorationExtraterrestrialsUtopia / dystopia Artificial intelligenceAlternate historyDinosaurs / genetic engineeringWith a partner, discuss books/movies you know which feature or (or more) of the SF themes at left – make a brief list to share Which themes are touched on in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: PHILIP K. DICK PKD (1928-1982): SF author whose stories involve characters trapped in situations where they cannot easily determine what’s real & what isn’t realThink of the androids & animals in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?phildickian (adj.): situations and events characterized by an extreme difficulty in determining what reality isA number of PKD’s stories filmed as:Minority ReportTotal RecallThe Man in the High CastleBlade Runner
ABOUT THE FILM: BLADE RUNNER Blade Runner (1982), directed by Ridley ScottGenerally follows Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? but with significant changes, tooCharacter names & status (e.g. Deckard divorced)Elimination of Mercerism religion
LITERATURE CIRCLE With your group, discuss the notes you prepared for the first part of the story, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?If time, add this question:Deckard’s wife dials up depression on her mood machine – if we had a device like this to augment emotion, would you use it exclusively for positive emotions, or would you choose negative ones, too?
WRAP-UP Read Chapters 5-7 of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?Journal as…Discussion directorsummarizerWord masterConnectorCharacter curator (same person)