Status
Available
Publication
Berkeley, Calif. : Blue Wind Press, 1979.
Description
The novella began as a story treatment for a proposed film adaptation of Alan E. Nourse's novel The Bladerunner. A later edition published in the 1980s changed the formatting of the title to Blade Runner, a movie. Burroughs' treatment is set in the early 21st century and involves mutated viruses and 'a medical-care apocalypse'. The term 'blade runner' referred to a smuggler of medical supplies, e.g. scalpels.
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LibraryThing member JWarren42
Burroughs treatment for a never-made film of Alan E Nourse's novel of almost the same name is surreal, dark and gritty. As with all Burroughs' work, unreadable in the linear sense, but when seen through Postmodern lenses, predictive of a lot of literary flourishes that came after. Excellent and
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