Philip K. Dick

In the following essay, I will analyze Philip K. Dick's short story titled “Blade Runner”. "Blade Runner" is a science fiction story about the not to distant future. In my analysis, I will use two non-fiction essays, Sonia Maasik's and Jack Solomon's “Interpreting Popular Signs” and Mike Nordberg's “Science Fiction: A Mirror to Our Universe”. Both of the essays are about hidden messages in science fiction. Are there secret messages about the present in science …

…happens. I believe that secret messages are in all science fiction stories. That is why, I think, our society has such an interest in science fiction stories. They make us think about what each of us would do if things like World War Terminus and everything else from “Blade Runner” and other science fiction stories came true. I think that is because the ideas in science fiction stories are not too far off from reality.