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not that there is necessarily ever a *wrong* time for revisiting a book i love so much, but seriously wtf was i thinking.
Creepy how prophetic it was. I can easily see this happening in the U.S. of the fundamentalist whackjobs get their way.
Re-reading a classic, on audio this time. Narrated by Claire Danes; excellent so far!
Really good, but hard for me to suspend disbelief about how the transformation of society came about. That meant that I had a little harder time getting immersed in the world (I kept thinking, "No f*ing way! No f*ing WAY that'd happen!"), but I was still engrossed by the book. The epilogue is interesting, but problematic to me, with the whole argument to suspend judgment and such. Yes, that's how academics talk, but relativism has its limits...
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I just re-read this novel after watching a few episodes of the Hulu series.
This book is prophetic in its creation, and terrifying for an audience in 2017. Scarily plausible, this novel is a must-read today. Sometimes I read it like I was reading an account of history, learning from our past, but remembering it is a dystopian future left me cold. Read it.
This book is prophetic in its creation, and terrifying for an audience in 2017. Scarily plausible, this novel is a must-read today. Sometimes I read it like I was reading an account of history, learning from our past, but remembering it is a dystopian future left me cold. Read it.
Apr 16, 2011
Nic
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sff,
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tbr-2022,
tbr-2023,
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