Blade Runner

by Ridley Scott · 1980

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Set in a futuristic Los Angeles, Rick Deckard, a jaded former policeman, must track down and terminate four androids who hijacked a ship in space in order to return to Earth to find their maker.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
policepoliceMore like thisLess of this
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1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of thisLos AngelesLos AngelesMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 140 pages

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