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1GirlieGirl

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1. The Handmaid's Tale

Reply to Whisp (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 12:34 PM

Sep 2012

I've been talking about Ms. Atwood's novel constantly ever since the wingnuts started trying to turn America into The Republic of Gilead. When she wrote this book in the 80s and when I first read it, it seemed fantastical. Impossible. But looking at the suffocating, restrictive laws passing all over America, witnessing this war on women...I can no longer say that The Handmaid's Tale is improbable beyond possibility.

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Margaret Atwood and George R R Martin interviews [View all] Whisp Sep 2012 OP

The Handmaid's Tale 1GirlieGirl Sep 2012 #1

me too. mopinko Sep 2012 #2

I dont want to have to wait another 5 yrs for the next SOIAF book! Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #3

The last book in the series is A Dance with Dragons Whisp Sep 2012 #4

Oh, i know, i got the hardcover when it came out. I dont normally splurge for HC, but... Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #5

My spouse is reading the last book Whisp Sep 2012 #6