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The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe

Lou Tambone & Joe Bongiorno

First published 2018
Publisher Sequart Research & Literacy Organization
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Matt Busch
Pages 416
Price $19.99
ISBN 9781940589183

Data from SFRA Review 51.3, Summer 2021, and Amazon.com.

Year Reviewer Publication
2021 Terence Sawyers SFRA Review, Summer 2021

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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Introduction (The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe) Lou Tambone Essay
7 The Death of Everything: Blade Runner, Entropy, and the Drums of Doom – a Foreword Paul M. Sammon Essay
12 There's Some of Me in You: Revisiting Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Lou Tambone Essay
23 Ethics, Empathy and Reverence for Life: How Philip K. Dick Warns Against the Normalization of Apathy and Violence in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Joe Bongiorno Essay
50 The Noir of Blade Runner: The Dark Heart of Cinema Brian Robinson Essay
71 Metal Machine Movies: The Lasting Influence of Heavy Metal and Métal Hurlant on Blade Runner and the Science-Fiction Cinema of Ridley Scott Tom Lennon Essay
89 I Dreamt Music: Replicating Blade Runner Bentley Ousley Essay
100 Why the Theatrical Cut Is the Truest Version of Blade Runner Paul J. Salamoff Essay
111 Deckard: B26354 – Coming to Terms with Deckard Being a Replicant Lou Tambone Essay
122 All Those Moments Lost in Time: Deleted and Alternate Scenes Joeseph Dilworth, Jr. Essay
131 The Creation of Blade Runner's Unique 70mm Prints Steven Slaughter Head Essay
143 Mirrors for the Human Condition Timothy Shanahan Essay
161 On Death and Dying in Blade Runner Ian Dawe Essay
171 The Humanity of Blade Runner Nelson W. Pyles Essay
182 The Science and Technology of Blade Runner Sabrina Fried Essay
195 Awe, Wonder, and Disappointment: The Summer of 1982 and the Box Office of Blade Runner Robert Meyer Burnett Essay
206 The Blade Runner Sequels You Never Read Mike Beidler Essay
232 Philip K. Dick on the Screen Zaki Hasan Essay
241 Cyberhomages: Blade Runner-Inspired Media Jean-François Boivin Essay
250 On the Marvel Comic-Book Adaptation of Blade Runner Julian Darius Essay
265 Creating the Graphic Novelization of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Bryce Carlson Essay
275 Earth to Earth: The BOOM! Comics Mario Escamilla Essay
286 Longevity and Incept Dates: The World-Building of Blade Runner Lives on in Multimedia R. Lee Brown Essay
298 I Want More Life, Smegger: How Blade Runner Influenced Red Dwarf's Revival Rich Handley Essay
311 Calling Back Cyberpunk Lou Tambone Essay
321 "Dreadfully Distinct": The Symbolic Power of K's Baseline in Blade Runner 2049 Kelli Fitzpatrick Essay
336 Building the World of Blade Runner without Breaking It: Why Unasked Questions are Answered But Our Most Enduring Question is Not Nathan P. Butler Essay
354 Skin Jobs and Snow Jobs: Blade Runner 2049 as Cli-Fi Noir and Race Erasure Leah D. Schade Essay
375 Looking for Love in Cyberpunk Places: Examining Love in Blade Runner 2049 Lou Tambone Essay
395 Beyond 2049: An Afterword Lou Tambone Essay