From: | Todd Dresser <tcd@******.DIGEX.NET> |
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Subject: | Re: Bladerunner |
Date: | Tue, 7 Mar 1995 10:37:19 -0500 |
> > Robert A. Hayden wrote.
> >
> > >I don't think ther is a Bladerunner novel.
> >
> > >I believbe that the moveie Bladerunner is based on the short story "Do
> > >Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep".
>
> Guy Smartwood replied:
> > You are correct.
> >
>
> Okay, let me explain this again (grin). There is a novel called
> "Bladerunner." It has NOTHING to do with the movie. It was written
> in the fifties. It is about a "Big Brother" style society and a man
> who runs medical supplies for a living (thus "Bladerunner") The
> general plot is that a deadly disease begins to infect the world
> starting where they are, and only the Bladerunner has the method to
> heal it... (I think he is immune for some reason)
> Anyway, I really wanted to know if anyone thought it would make a
> good pregen'd "module" type adventure.
>
> Thanks again,
> Theoretical Anomaly
>
I believe you are going to have a hard time, if you are looking for that
title. it is a short story. I also can not remember the author.
Though it would make a great module.
~GRAY~
aka
Todd