Harrison Ford
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| - | '''''Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?''''' is a [[science fiction]] [[novel]] by [[Philip K. Dick]], written in 1966 and published in 1968. It tells of the moral crisis of Rick Deckard, a [[bounty hunter]] who stalks [[android]]s in a [[Nuclear fallout|fallout]]-clouded, partially-deserted future [[San Francisco]]. | ||
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| - | Along with ''[[The Man in the High Castle]],'' this novel is Dick’s most famous. It is one of the defining science fiction works exploring the [[ethics|ethical dimensions]] of the "android" concept, as a [[literary device]] understanding concepts of [[persecution]] based on narrow distinctions, such as [[ethnicity]]. | ||
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| - | The novel includes two main characters clearly based on Dick novels that were unsold at the time of its writing. Jack Isidore, the mentally limited narrator of ''[[Confessions of a Crap Artist]]'', appears here as J.R. Isidore, while Pris Frauenzimmer, the schizoid lead female character in ''[[We Can Build You]]'', appears as the android Pris Stratton. | ||
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| - | [[Hampton Fancher]] and [[David Peoples|David Webb Peoples]] loosely adapted the novel into the 1982 film ''[[Blade Runner]]'', directed by [[Ridley Scott]] and starring [[Harrison Ford]] and [[Rutger Hauer]]. For this reason some post-1982 editions of the book have been published as '''''Blade Runner'''''. The [[Blade Runner (video game)|computer game ''Blade Runner'']] is set in the same universe as the movie but incorporates many more elements from the book. | ||
| + | '''Harrison Ford''' (born [[July 13]], [[1942]]) is an [[Academy Award]]- and [[BAFTA]]-nominated, as well as [[Golden Globe]]-winning, American actor. Ford is best known for his performances as the [[Indiana Jones|titular character]] in the ''[[Indiana Jones franchise#Films|Indiana Jones]]'' film series and as [[Han Solo]] in the original ''[[Star Wars]]'' trilogy. He is also known for his role as the haunted android tracker [[Rick Deckard]] in [[Ridley Scott]]'s sci-fi [[cult film]] ''[[Blade Runner]]''. | ||
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Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an Academy Award- and BAFTA-nominated, as well as Golden Globe-winning, American actor. Ford is best known for his performances as the titular character in the Indiana Jones film series and as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy. He is also known for his role as the haunted android tracker Rick Deckard in Ridley Scott's sci-fi cult film Blade Runner.
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