View the entire Blade Runner sketchbook online

For me hi-tech is a double edged sword. On the one hand it is an indispensable tool in the struggle to democratize and disseminate knowledge. On the other hand it is an indispensable tool of oppression as every online shuffle you make is tracked, recorded and analyzed, every email read and you can't go out for a walk in the park without google watching you either from space or from one of their roaming spy cars.

Every once in  a while though something comes along that makes me forgive and forget and when I discovered that the entire out-of-print "Blade Runner Sketchbook" from 1982 was now online for all to see free, well, I just wanted to give a big hug to all those computer geeks who've done so much to rob us of our privacy while providing us with unlimited free porn.

The book is comprised of 99 pages of concept art from Syd Mead, Mentor Huebner, Ridley Scott himself and others and would be the kind of coffee table book I'd shell out for. Until it comes back into print though this will more than suffice.

Here's a couple of samples with a link to the entire online edition below the pictures. Enjoy.

See the entire online edition here.