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Paycheck

Given a choice, which movie of his do you think Affleck w...

Reviewed Feb 11, 2011
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid – and why he's now in hot water. Genres: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

Everyone knows the movie, now learn about the story!

Reviewed Jan 7, 2011
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, lurked several rogue androids. Deckard's assignment--find them and then..."retire" them. Trouble was, the androids all looked exactly like humans, and they didn't want to be found! Genres: Androids, Bounty hunters, open_syllabus_project, Rick Deckard (Fictitious character), Twenty-first century

First Blood by David Morrell

Sly didn't make Rambo, David Morrell did!

Reviewed Nov 5, 2010
First came the man: a young wanderer in a fatigue coat and long hair. Then came the legend, as John Rambo sprang from the pages of FIRST BLOOD to take his place in the American cultural landscape. This remarkable novel pits a young Vietnam veteran against a small-town cop who doesn't know whom he's dealing with -- or how far Rambo will take him into a life-and-death struggle through the woods, hills, and caves of rural Kentucky. This book was made into the classic movie staring Sylvester Stalone. The lead character's name has become a synonym for the tetesterone-driven macho man. Genres: John J. Rambo (Fictitious character), Police chiefs