After a year of dipping in to the past this month The First Rule of Book Club reaches in to the future with Philip K. Dick's post-apocalyptic masterpiece.
Written in 1968 and set in 1992 ( though later editions set it in 2012) "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" follows bounty hunter Rick Deckard as he sets out to retire the last of the Nexus -6 androids. Though futuristic in it's settings, this novel offers a very modern meditation on manufactured emotion,marketed religion and our ever lessening empathy.
The discussion will be followed by a special screening of Blade Runner ( Final Cut). The film, released in 1982 and starring Harrison Ford, Sean Young , Rutger Hauer and Darryl Hannah is a visually lush adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel.
Enjoy the original 1982 Trailer for "Blade Runner"
FROBC Presents
"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
by Philip K.Dick
October 11th, 2011
The Backstage Bar 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. ( 3 doors down on 37th)
Meeting 7:00pm
Film 8:30
FREE ( though donations to the kitty are always welcome)
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