OrionWorks wrote: > Leak sez: > >> I seem to recall that it wasnt that a human wouldn't swat it, its that >> a human wouldnt know waht a bee was. >> >> I could be wrong. > > I have not read PKD's novel, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep." > However, in the film adaption "Blade Runner" it seemed obvious to me > that the screen writers wrote the script to imply that most humans > knew all too well what a bee is. Actually, the question was: what > would you do if a WASP (not a bee)
Thanks for the correction -- I actually wasn't sure which hexapod was involved; it's been a long time since I read the book. I *think* it was Rachel who pushed the goat off the roof as well, but once again it's been a long time... > landed on your arm. What gave > Rachel away (as a replicant) was that she impulsively and with no > hesitation said she would swat it, when most humans would have been > hesitant and/or averse to killing such creatures because there were so > few of them left on the planet.. > > A little bit of trivia to break the tension. > > Regards > Steven Vincent Johnson > www.OrionWorks.com > www.zazzle.com/orionworks >