Blade Runner, a movie
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| Author | William S. Burroughs based upon The Bladerunner by Alan E. Nourse |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novella, science fiction |
| Publisher | Blue Wind Press |
| Released | 1979 |
| Media Type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-912652-46-2 |
Blade Runner, a movie is a science fiction novella by Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs, first published in 1979. The novella began as a story treatment for a proposed film adaptation of The Bladerunner, a novel by Alan E. Nourse. (Some sources erroneously describe Burroughs' work as a screenplay.)
No film eventuated, however the title Blade Runner was later bought for use in the 1982 Ridley Scott science fiction film, Blade Runner.
Burroughs' treatment is set in early 21st century and involves mutated viruses and what the back cover of the 1990 edition describes as "a medical-care apocalypse". The term "blade runner" referred to a smuggler of medical supplies, e.g. scalpels.
| Works by William S. Burroughs |
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| Novels: And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (unpublished) - Junkie - Queer - Naked Lunch - The Soft Machine - The Ticket That Exploded - Dead Fingers Talk - Nova Express - The Last Words of Dutch Schultz - The Wild Boys - Port of Saints - Cities of the Red Night - The Place of Dead Roads - The Western Lands - My Education: A Book of Dreams Short fiction : Interzone - Exterminator! - Ali's Smile/Naked Scientology - Blade Runner, a movie - Tornado Alley - Ghost of Chance Non-fiction: The Yage Letters - The Electronic Revolution - The Job - The Third Mind - Letters to Allen Ginsberg - The Burroughs File - The Adding Machine: Collected Essays - The Cat Inside - Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs - Evil River (announced 2007) Recordings : Dead City Radio Films: The Junky's Christmas - Ah Pook is Here - Naked Lunch |
