I read the book a long time ago, but I remember it being rather amusing. I prefer the movie, probably becuae I saw it before I read the book, so that's what's deeply imprinted on my sub-consiousness.

Weirdly, I was a bit disappointed by the book

a) Because it doesn't get some of the snappy one / two liners in that the film does
b) Because there is no Morgenstern who wrote a longer original version
c) Because of (b) the narrative seems completely inappropriate and unneccesary - like the 'story telling' bit in the film (forgivable because it's brief and it was the 80's) but I think the story is strong enough to stand by itself.

But this is pretty much the only time I'd be prepared to say that a film was better than a book.

Hmmm, film better than book.

This is controversial, I know, but I'm tempted to say that the director's cut of Bladerunner is maybe better than the book "Do androids dream of electric sheep?"

Though obviously for a given value of "better".



Jesus saves; Buddha does incremental backup.

I've have the the book and thoughly enjoyed it but it's very difficult to get hold of. A friend had a pre-film edition, in which the narrator's text was in a different font from the main story.

Re uses for dead people _ Dorothy Sayers wrote a story (starring Lord Peter Whimsey) about a murderer who electroplated his victims' remains and used them as avant-garde furniture.

And then (in the real world, during WW II) there was 'The Man Who Never Was' (in a project codenamed "Operation Mincemeat").

And, of course, if one has a necromancer's services available...

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