Books like Blade Runner
30 fantasy books to read after Blade Runner, the closest match first.
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1. Tron
- Same author
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This oldie is still a real goodie. Tron is both action story and allegory critique of the personal computer revolution of the 80s. The Tron world makes techies into heroes...
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2. The Matrix
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The world is a machine and reality is a fake; this action-packed thriller really makes you question your perception of reality. With the increasing role computer technology plays in our...
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3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
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This movie explores several ideas but the most prominent (and famous) is the idea of an AI rebelling against human masters. 2001: A Space Odyssey is the most realistic portrayal...
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4. Children Of Men
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A recent movie that gives us a glimpse of a terrible dystopian future without hope: humans can no longer reproduce. This dark future is just realistic enough to send chills...
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5. Existenz
by Cronenberg, David
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Allegra Geller is the designer of the most advanced virtual reality game in the world, played through a living gamepod plugged into the player's spine. At the launch of her...
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6. Her
by Lane, Harriet
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You don't remember her--but she remembers you. Two different women; two different worlds. On the face of it, Emma and Nina have very little in common. Isolated and exhausted by...
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7. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
by Spielberg, Steven
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Humans make contact with aliens after witnessing the arrival of flying saucers from another world.
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8. E.t The Extraterrestrial
by Kotzwinkle, William
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A boy discovers an extraterrestrial botanist in his mother's vegetable patch, and helps him return to his planet, 3 million light years away.
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9. Gattaca
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In a world increasingly influenced by genetic research, Gattaca has some terrifying relevance: what if you could be distinguished, not on the basis of race or color, but by your...
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10. Alien
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A horror masterpiece set in an alien landscape. Everything about this film just works. The big debate is between fans about whether Ridley Scott's film, Alien, is superior to the...
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11. Star Wars (iv, V, And Vi)
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A blend of almost every mythical archetype you can think of but wow, what a set of movies. There's something magical about these movies; maybe it's the vicarious pleasure of...
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12. The 5th Element
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Sometimes you need a stylish, fun, over-the-top sci-fi action flick like The 5th Element. The 5th Element is full of bizarre characters and an even more bizarre world. It's great...
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13. 12 Monkeys
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An action sci-fi flick with an intelligent plot and lots of action. While it lacks the pure visual style and situational comedy of The Fifth Element, 12 Monkeys delivers an...
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14. Inception
by Nolan, Christopher
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A man, highly skilled in entering people's dreams to extract secret information, is offered a chance to implant an idea in another man's head, a practice known as inception.
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15. Interstellar
by Thorne, Kip
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A journey through the otherworldly science behind Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film, Interstellar, from executive producer and theoretical physicist Kip Thorne. Interstellar, from acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, takes us on...
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16. Avatar
by Dimartino, Michael Dante
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Avatar: The Last Airbender creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko bring The Promise to its explosive conclusion! The Harmony Restoration Movement has failed, and the four nations are plunged...
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17. The Empire Strikes Back
by Glut, Donald F.
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Based on the story by George Lucas and the screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan The adventures of Luke Skywalker did not end with the destruction of the Death...
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18. Terminator 2
by Nathan, Ian
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The Terminator’s back in this magnificent, behind-the-scenes look at The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Long before Titanic and Avatar broke box-office records and won countless awards, James Cameron...
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19. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
by Kaufman, Charlie
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In the new Charlie Kaufman film directed by Michel Gondry, Joel (Jim Carrey) is stunned to discover that his girlfriend Clementine (Kate Winslet) has had her memories of their tumultuous...
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20. 2001 A Space Odyssey
by Clarke, Arthur C.
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This novel is an epic story, a story in which two astronauts must fight for their lives, against an extraordinary computer named HAL.
The classic science fiction novel that captures and expands on the vision of Stanley Kubrick’s immortal film—and changed the way we look at the stars and ourselves. From the savannas...
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21. Big Hero 6
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The villainous Yokai has stolen the microbots, so Hiro develops high-tech super suits for his team in order to get the microbots back.
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22. Jurassic Park
by Crichton, Michael
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Dinosaurs cloned for a theme park escape their enclosures, the techno-thriller that taught a generation to fear a power cut.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Timeline, Sphere, and Congo, this is the classic thriller of science run amok that took the world by storm. Nominated...
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23. Star Trek
by Miller, John Jackson
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"Based on Star trek and Star trek: the next generation created by Gene Roddenberry, and Star trek: deep space nine created by Rick Berman & Michael Piller."
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24. Brazil
by Reid, Michael
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Examines the South American country that is destined to be one of the world's premier economic powers by the year 2030, and considers some of the abundant problems the nation...
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25. District 9
by Falconer, Daniel
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In 2009 Weta Workshop created a world so uncannily realistic that the special effects (in addition to an undeniably poignant plot) helped a low-budget film with an unknown cast become...
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26. Serenity
by Whedon, Zack
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"This volume collects the miniseries 'Serenity: Leaves on the Wind' #1-#6 and the short story 'It's Never Easy,' from Free Comic Book Day 2012: Serenity/Star Wars"--Colopho
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27. Moon
by Gibbons, Gail
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Gibbons identifies the moon as Earth's only natural satellite, describes its movement and phases, and discusses how it has been observed and explored over the years.
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28. Planet Of The Apes
by Boulle, Pierre
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The book that launched a cinematic saga is a version of Xenofiction taking place on another planet where apes are intelligent and civilized.
In the year 2500, a French journalist joins an expedition to a planet near Betelgeuse and finds a world ruled by intelligent apes, where humans are mute animals kept in...
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29. Wall-e
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WHEN A LOVABLE, lonely robot named WALL•E falls in love with a sophisticated female robot named EVE, he follows his heart all the way into outer space! Young fans will...
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30. A Clockwork Orange
by Burgess, Anthony
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Another famous Sci Fi novel made into a popular movie. A take on a future Britain in which behaviour modification is taken to an extreme in the quest for social order. Unique because the dystopia is still forming and is seen through the eyes of an adolescent protagonist.
Great Music, it said, and Great Poetry would like quieten Modern Youth down and make Modern Youth more Civilized. Civilized my syphilised yarbles. A vicious fifteen-year-old droog is the central...
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