Its the book that the Blade Runner is based on. ( )

The dystopian elements of the setting and time are so thick that it is hard to relate to the characters early on. While the artwork is beautiful and immersive, I find myself having a hard time finding an anchor with which to relate to Decker or to any of the characters. ( )

Story - 4 stars
Artwork - 2 stars ( )

Bounty hunter Rick Deckard is tasked with "retiring" (i.e. killing) six escaped Nexus-6 model androids. ( )

Philip K Dick is one of the more influential of science-fiction writers. This graphic novelization of his story does a decent job of setting images to his words, and from all appearances uses every word (though it has been a long time since I read the story, so I'm not positive).

Dick's forte was tricking readers into examining serious questions (like, "What does it mean to be human?") while entertaining with a clever story and empathetic characters. It's one of the reasons so many of his stories have made it to the big screen (including Blade Runner and Minority Report).

On the other hand,this is really a better story than a graphic novel. There are just too many frames of people standing still, talking...and no action. This is just the first section, and I'll be looking at the subsequent installments to see how they finish out the story. ( )