Books that changed the lives of scientists
New Scientist magazine recently interviewed a number of scientists about the books that changed their lives. Some interesting selections and most I have not read. Science fiction classic Do androids dream of electric sheep? by Philip K. Dick was selected by Chris Frith, a neuroscientist. One of the key themes of Dick's writing has influenced Frith throughout his work on schizophrenia: how can I be sure that you are hallucinating while what I experience is reality? Interesting thought.- Anne
posted by Manly Library at 9:56 AM
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I always recommend to people who watch the movie Bladerunner to read the original book "Do androids dream of electric sheep?" The whole complexity of the androids in this future scenario is not dealt with in the movie. Nowadays many of the older science fiction stories are appearing as block buster movies eg "I am legend" - its the special effects technology that makes many of these stories now possible to translate to film. For those interested in Science Fiction it is really worthwhile chasing up the original story.
Louise
I watched the movie 'A scanner darkly' the other day - the one with Keanu Reeves and done in an animated style. And I liked it more than I thought I would! It's not as 'sci-fi' as you might expect. Now considering reading the original Philip K Dick novel...
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