- Paperback: 292 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Books (Mm); Reprint edition (Sep 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0553575708
- ISBN-13: 978-0553575705
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,796,631 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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K.W. Jeter picks up the tale of Rick Deckard, the `blade runner' created by Phillip K. Dick and popularized by Ridley Scott's cult classic film. Consistent with the sordid vision of 21st century Los Angeles crafted by Dick and Scott, Jeter creates a stylish piece of thrilling, futuristic suspense that finds Deckard not only in the role of hunter, but also hunted. Again, Deckard is on the trail of an replicant, not knowing that it may be the most elusive and dangerous android of all.
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20 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Awful. Just...awful.
7 Mar 2002
Format:Hardcover
I really enjoyed both "Blade Runner" the movie (it's in my top five favorites of all time,) and the PK Dick book the movie was based on, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep." _BR 2_, however, is just unfiltered tripe.
This novel attempts to be a sequel to the movie, rather than the novel, and, let me say it again, it's done so in a truly awful manner. The (un)original bits that Jeter came up with are frequently interspersed with flashbacks to the movie in a really uninteresting manner, and the writing itself is clunky and amateurish. One example, and I swear I'm not making this up or embellishing it in any way:
"She ascended to the appointed place, at the appointed hour. Without effort, almost without will, thermal sensors had registered her presence within the small space, a disembodied voice had asked if she'd wanted to go up to the building's roof, far above the dense weave of structure and light that formed the static ocean of the city."
[SPUTTER!]
Oh, and there are more equally bad paragraphs I could throw at you, but I won't foist those other atrocities off upon you - I don't dislike *anyone* that much.
If you, like me, thirst for ever more "Blade Runner" Stuff, my best advice is to stay right the heck away from this novel, and read some of the other (non-fiction) pieces that have been written about _DADOES_ and about the movie - you'll find it far more satisfying, and you'll be much less inclined to beat your head repeatedly against something hard and/or spikey to erase this travesty from your brain.
Oh, was I using my Outside Voice when I said that? Well, K.W. Jeter, I would apologize for such a scathing review of something you are in all likelihood very proud of; however, I don't recall anyone apologizing to me for the hours of my life I lost whilst reading this book, so I'm calling us even.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Mostly Good
2 Jan 2001
Format:Paperback
This novel was quite entertaining, but I found Jeter's writing at times to be pointlessly descriptive, and I often skipped down as much as a page waiting for him to get back to the action instead of rehashing old scenes in the movie, or filling up whole paragraphs with flowery language that had no relevance to the story and brought it to a halt. Other than that, it was an enjoyable read with good pacing.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Decent, but inconsistent. Doesn't live up to Scott or Dick.
18 Dec 1997
Format:Paperback
BR2 was, overall, an enjoyable read. It succeeded in keeping me guessing what exactly was going on, but left me disappointed with it's resolution.
The book draws heavily on images, characters, and dialogue from the movie, with a little help from Dick's novel. As with some of the Star Wars novels, however, this feels like a mantra used to evoke something without full justification. It also seems to be asking for someone to make a movie sequel out of it, being writen in an almost cinematic style.
Blade Runner (the movie) and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep both had their amazing qualities, and the creation of BR from DADoES was an impressive feat. By trying to reunite the two, Jeter does both a disservice.
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