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For those who have read this, did you think there was much point in creating the alternative 1982?

Lauren I don't think there was much point, however I did like that the story was taking place in an alternative past and not some fanciful future, it showed …moreI don't think there was much point, however I did like that the story was taking place in an alternative past and not some fanciful future, it showed how one man could make a difference. Turing was woven into the story because in this alternate universe, (spoilers) he chose to take an unjust punishment as a prison sentence, paralleled to Miranda taking a somewhat less unjust punishment... As an American, I am sorely unversed on British parliamentary goings on so some elements of it made less of a difference for me. Ultimately, I think the setting of this story is not crucial to the plot, it's the characters' moral conflicts that matter. (less)

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