“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off
the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the
Tannhauser Gate. All those… moments will be lost in time, like tears…
in rain.” – Roy Batty, Blade Runner

Is it better to burn twice as bright but only live half as long? This
was one of the enduring philosophical questions explored by the cult
classic Blade Runner. Blade Runner is an example of philosophical sci-fi, sci-phi, or “philoscifi” as I call it.

All good stories entertain, but they may soon be forgotten. Philoscifi
stays with you because it doesn’t just speculate what will happen and
what could have happened; it invites you to think about what these
events would mean to humanity and to you. For example, how does finding
intelligent life change our place in the universe and our conception of
God (Robert J. Sawyer’s Calculating God)?