Philip Dick
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This document discusses several works by Philip K. Dick including "A Scanner Darkly" and "Radio Free Albemuth". It notes Dick's prescient views of the future and that his science fiction explored deep questions about the nature of reality, God, religion, and humanity. The document also references concepts from Blade Runner such as Voight-Kampff tests, empathy, and characters like Rachael and Pris.
Philip Dick
- 2. A Scanner Darkly Radio Free Albemuth
- 5. Labels ? existence Science fiction Creative genius
- 8. - Nature of Reality - God And Religion - Humanity
- 13. - Cruel, uncaring, destroys for fun- Humans became indipendent - Different vision of how society should be run - Total control
- 14. Answers
- 18. Pre- Person VS
- 23. Accepts the work Administer a empathy test
- 25. Rachael gives an owl Android opera singer Isidore
- 26. Pris Deckard and Rachael have sex Rachael kills a genuine animal Brings home a toad.
- 29. Most androids have more vitality and desire to live than my wife Do androids dream? Evidently; thats why they occasionally kill their employers and try to get a better life, without servitude The electric things have their lives too
- 30. Allegory of Mercer Novels background is the slowly dying Earth
- 31. Sometimes someone who seems to be an android, turns to be human. Other times also an android could be empathetic. o Phil Resch (Luba Luft) o Isidore o Roy Baty (Irmgard)
- 33. Animals and Voight Kampff Penfield Mood Organ Empathy Box Lacking in the capacity of empathy
- 34. Control reality God-like
- 35. SETTING IN TIME AND PLACE MARRIED/DIVORCED ACTIVE/RETIRED ANDY/REPLICANT LUBA LUFT BOUNTY HUNTERS/BLADE RUNNER IMPORTANT ASPECTS NOT MENTIONED RACHAEL AND PRIS