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• "Blade Runner." Screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Harrison Ford and Sean Young. Twentieth Century Fox. 1982.
• Dick, Philip K. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep." Del Rey Books. 1968, 1996.
• Greenwald, Ted. "Q&A: Ridley Scott Has Finally Created the Blade Runner He Always Imagined." Wired Magazine. 9/26/07. (10/1/07).
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• Kaplan, Fred. "A Cult Classic Restored, Again." The New York Times. 9/30/07. (10/1/07).
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• Mori, Masahiro. "The Uncanny Valley." Energy. 1970. (10/18/2007).
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