> > From: Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/02/14 Tue AM 11:31:05 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT: HCB with a Minolta CLE transmuted into Sci Fi > > > On Feb 14, 2006, at 4:32 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > > One of the best being "Do androids dream of electric sheep?" AKA > > "Bladerunner". > > > > I'll have to think a bit about which one might be the one you are > > thinking about. > > > > I am in the same boat as you regarding _my_ favourite "prophecy" > > novel. It postulates that the Reformation never occured and the > > world is still ruled by the Catholic > > church. _That_ prospect is scary..... > > > I like Randall Garrett's Lord Darcy stories. Set in a modern world > in which magic triumphed over science. Fun stuff. > > I like some of Phil Dick's stuff, but don't think I would have liked > him as a person. I still think Blade Runner is one of the top three > or four sci fi films ever made. Every few years a new generation > picks up on it and it goes through a renaissance. The future it > created is very believable. >
I'm suprised that a lot more SF has not been picked up by Hollywood. There's a huge amount of disparate, space-opera shoot-em-ups waiting to generate income for the studios. The 18-24 market would lap it up. m ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
