Cyberpunk Dystopia is becoming reality.
I don’t know if I’m going crazy but I recently discovered that the creator of Blade Runner, Philip K. Dick was a Snuff Taker.
Deckard took several pinches of snuff in the book. Guess what’s the name of the female Android.
Her name is “Pris”.
The word “Pris” is about the same as “Pinch”, but in German, google “pris” and "snuff"combined if you don’t believe me.
I don’t know what to make of this
If you read through his entire oeuvre you find dozens of references to snuff and cigars, including mentions of specific brands. Good to know PKD was confident that Fribourg & Treyer will still be around in the future. It seems like just about every novel has a cigar smoker, snuff taker, or both.
It’s actually “prise” in German (pronounced pree-zuh), as in “Gletcher Prise” (glacier pinch).
@cpmcdill I guess I’ll have to read everything then.
@smm I know, I’m German. “Pris” is bavarian vernacular language for “Prise” and even written like that on different kinds of bavarian snuff. Some bavarians even say “Pris!” before taking a pinch, just like you would say “Cheers!” before taking a drink.
PKD also re-uses the name Pris across several novels and/or short stories, for different characters. I think somewhere he mentions it is a shortened form of Priscilla, but he is conscious of the relation of the word to a pinch of snuff, and Pris in “…Electric Sheep” is always and only just Pris.
That’s awesome! I love PKD and BladeRunner. Never thought of his character Pris. When you’re enjoying Lose Snus, you have to “bake a pris” before before inserting it into your upper lip (messy to get out, so I only got one tin of that–I stick to General Original portions now, for those times when I can’t snuff).
Regards,
Michael