Atreeeeeeeyyyooooooooooooouuu!!!
I'm not very well read, but this is a novel I did read as a youth. It was memorable (ironically since it is about the loss of all memory).
As for the film, masterpiece indeed. I don't know how long we're going to have to wait, for ai to be good enough to beat the 80s classic films like this one.
AI cannot touch this. 1980s practical effect and nostalgia ladden flicks cannot be replicated. I was talking with a friend about this just yesterday and these films simply cannot be recreated today.