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The Last Refuge
James Muller is a relic - and a danger to the state.
For he was once a writer. And people remember...
Even people drugged by the calculated sensualities that keep the peace in despotic, post-H-bomb Britain... the naked, state-employed streetwalkers, the bugged bedrooms, the subtly staged depravities...
And because he is a danger, he is given the most terrible punishment the new scientific society can impose - freedom.
For he was once a writer. And people remember...
Even people drugged by the calculated sensualities that keep the peace in despotic, post-H-bomb Britain... the naked, state-employed streetwalkers, the bugged bedrooms, the subtly staged depravities...
And because he is a danger, he is given the most terrible punishment the new scientific society can impose - freedom.
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1966
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June 17, 2021
Post-nuclear war, dystopian society. (like Orwell 1984...) The protagonist wants freedom of thought... or a return to a happier life...
Strange book. You cannot help cheering for the hero, but deep down you know that the bad guys are trying to keep humanity alive in a time of crisis, and he is not...
To save the world, we all need to sacrifice a little (or a lot) personal freedom. Probably more relevant today than in 1966...
Depressing...
Strange book. You cannot help cheering for the hero, but deep down you know that the bad guys are trying to keep humanity alive in a time of crisis, and he is not...
To save the world, we all need to sacrifice a little (or a lot) personal freedom. Probably more relevant today than in 1966...
Depressing...
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