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34. That's true to the book, though

Reply to paleotn (Reply #25)

Sun Jul 1, 2018, 03:58 PM

Jul 2018

Atwood also dumped us straight into Gilead and only slowly revealed how it got that way.

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Atwood once made the point localroger Jul 2018 #32

It's not reality. gulliver Jul 2018 #9

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Umm, actually, yes it can.... paleotn Jul 2018 #23

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There are no androids in The Handmaid's Tale localroger Jul 2018 #33

the only thing they left out AmandaRuth Jul 2018 #11

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I was prepared to lay down my life... N_E_1 for Tennis Jul 2018 #14

I read the Handmaid's Tale, but it doesn't go into the process that led to the premise of the book. Nitram Jul 2018 #16

Slowly, it does. Funtatlaguy Jul 2018 #20

In bits and pieces.... paleotn Jul 2018 #25

That's true to the book, though localroger Jul 2018 #34

I believe it was a nuclear war that triggered the crackdown on freedom Generic Other Jul 2018 #26

Generic, I remember thinking in 1984 that Reagan's election was the Nitram Jul 2018 #29

Now that you mention it Generic Other Jul 2018 #35

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It's from a novel,just like "1984" and "Gone With the Wind" virgogal Jul 2018 #27

It is a failure of the imagination to miss the truth in novels like 1984. Nitram Jul 2018 #30

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