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Mar 23, 2021Tony_Jeffers rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
This classic novel written in 1968 set in a future dystopian 2021 was the inspiration for the movie Blade Runner. I used to see it on my library shelf long before Bland Runner was made; I always disliked the title and thought it would be too surreal for my taste. If it was called Android Bounty Hunter I would have probably read it back in the 80s. Since we are now living in a real 2021 dystopia I thought I'd give it a try. I loved all the cool high-tech gadgets Bounty Hunter Rick Deckard uses to defeat the killer androids. But yeah; it is too surreal and I never would have finished it if I had tried to read it back then. The weird religion of Mercerism and the rival TV show host Buster Friendly along with the strange metaphysical events would have lost me. I prefer my dystopian nightmare worlds to make some kind of sense and my characters to have at least a little reason for hope. I wrote these comments for the novel. For some reason, I see these comments are also on the Graphic Novel version. I see the Graphic novel adds some comic book art to the novel and appears to contain the whole novel. This artwork is somewhat good in places but it certainly doesn't match up with how I envision the description in the book.