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I think this theme was first explored in depth in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Having a "real" animal was a status symbol.
by remarkEon 8y ago
I think this theme was first explored in depth in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Having a "real" animal was a status symbol.
- xamuel 8y agoSame author, earlier exploration: The Man in the High Castle (1962) explored it in the context of otherwise-identical objects, one of which was involved in some historic event, the other of which wasn't
- remarkEon 8y agoYou're right! I need to read that one again...
- KozmoNau7 8y agoWas this what they covered in the TV show with the fake antiques? They didn't dwell too much on it, I really should read the book.
- xamuel 8y agoIIRC in the TV show there's a scene where the Americana shopkeeper (Mr. Childan) shows someone two identical cigarette lighters, one of which was in the pocket of FDR when FDR was assassinated (Man in the High Castle takes place in an alternate timeline). In the novel, this is actually done by the owner of the fake-gun-factory, and it gets a longer treatment.
- KozmoNau7 8y agoI remember that scene. Now I have even more reason to read the book :)
- 52-6F-62 8y agoThis is the only version I've known— I haven't read the book. I highly recommend this story to anyone who's even slightly curious.
- rudimental 8y agoDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is great. Walter Benjamin explored some related ideas in essay form in 1935, link below. There's probably some Platonic dialogues about related topics 2,300 years before both though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Work_of_Art_in_the_Age_of_Mechanical_Reproduction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Work_of_Art_in_the_Age_of_...