Blade Runner (origin of the name)
viper
On page 53 of "Future Noir", it is said that the name of Blade Runner was
found by Hampton Fancher who remembered it from a book by William Burroughs.
Then Rydley Scott first used the "Blade Runner Unit" term.
But i ve just bought the "Do Androids drean of electronic ship" (French
Translation). The book has been renamed Blade Runner. But more than that,
The Term Blade Runner is used several time inside the book.
So, is Paul Sammon made a mistake in his fantastic book ? (even if I don't
think so). Has the book been changed in his content after the released of BR
and the death of P.K Dick in 82 ? Or is it only on the French Translation of
the book ?
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Joel
viper wrote:
> On page 53 of "Future Noir", it is said that the name of Blade Runner was
> found by Hampton Fancher who remembered it from a book by William Burroughs.
> Then Rydley Scott first used the "Blade Runner Unit" term.
>
> But i ve just bought the "Do Androids drean of electronic ship" (French
> Translation). The book has been renamed Blade Runner. But more than that,
> The Term Blade Runner is used several time inside the book.
>
> So, is Paul Sammon made a mistake in his fantastic book ? (even if I don't
> think so). Has the book been changed in his content after the released of BR
> and the death of P.K Dick in 82 ? Or is it only on the French Translation of
> the book ?
>
You probably have the translated version of Blade Runner: Do Androids dream of
Electric Sheep?. That book was published the same year the movie came out, so
of course they use the term "Blade Runner" instead of "Bounty Hunter" so you are
able to be familiar with both. You'd hafta buy the orginal Do Androids dream of
Electric Sheep to get Bounty Hunter instead.
Another possibility I just thought of is that they couldn't think of the right
term to translate it into so they just used Blade Runner, because you'd be
familiar with it anyway.
Hope i helped!
Joel
Lukas Mariman
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>
> On page 53 of "Future Noir", it is said that the name of Blade Runner was
> found by Hampton Fancher who remembered it from a book by William
Burroughs.
> Then Rydley Scott first used the "Blade Runner Unit" term.
>
> But i ve just bought the "Do Androids drean of electronic ship" (French
> Translation). The book has been renamed Blade Runner. But more than that,
> The Term Blade Runner is used several time inside the book.
>
> So, is Paul Sammon made a mistake in his fantastic book ? (even if I don't
> think so). Has the book been changed in his content after the released of
BR
> and the death of P.K Dick in 82 ? Or is it only on the French Translation
of
> the book ?
Interesting. The term is NOT used in the English version. Instead, PK Dick
consistently used the term "bounty hunter" throughout DADoES.
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time, and after reading the credits, which say: "With thanks to William
S. Burroughs and Alan E. Nourse For the use of the title Blade Runner,"
I found this on the web:
The title comes from Alan E. Nourse, who wrote a story called "The
Bladerunner." William S. Burroughs took the book and
wrote "Bladerunner (A Movie)" in 1979. Rights to the title only ("in
perpetuity") were sold to Ridley Scott. Similarities between
Nourse's "The Bladerunner" and Scott's BR are in name only. Nourse's
title refers to people who deliver medical instruments to outlaw
doctors who can't obtain them legally. [Source: Locus, September 1992:
p. 76.]
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