h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

'Bladerunner' was loosely based on Philip K Dick's book 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"

I say 'loosely', because Ridley Scott has taken a very uninspiring book, picked some of the ideas, reworked them, and delivered a product that bears little resemblance to the book. Hooray! Because the only interesting thing about the book is the title.

If you enjoyed the film, are intrigued by some of the 'unanswered questions' surrounding it, and want to find out more - don't turn to the book, you'll be immensely disappointed. I was.

The sequel book was quite readable, I thought. The ending was a bit predictable though.

Yeah, its better than the book. And I don't mean to disparage Philip K. Dick when I say that- its one of his weaker novels.

I read the book before I ever saw the movie, and I have to agree that the movie was loosely based on the book. So loosely, in fact, that is difficult to actually make a fair comparison between them. They each are based from different viewpoints and deal with different ideas, and where Phillip K. Dick wrote DADOES as a thought-provoking text (like his other novels) the film was largely aimed at a Sci-Fi/Action audience.
I have to agree, though, that DADOES was not one of his best pieces of work, and I did enjoy the movie immensely.