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MineralMan

(146,317 posts) Mon Jan 29, 2018, 01:57 PM Jan 2018

It Can't Happen Here? Time to Reread Sinclair Lewis's Novel, Perhaps.

It could, maybe. Is Donald "Buzz" Windrip planning something the day before the State of the Union address?

Probably there are a lot of DUers who have never read Lewis's novel. I have. It's definitely a cautionary tale for these times.

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It Can't Happen Here? Time to Reread Sinclair Lewis's Novel, Perhaps. (Original Post) MineralMan Jan 2018 OP

I have read it. murielm99 Jan 2018 #1

Trashing - "the sky is falling" posts get tiring very quickly brooklynite Jan 2018 #2

Say, thanks for letting me know... MineralMan Jan 2018 #3

Right atreides1 Jan 2018 #7

By the time you're in a dictatorship it's to late to get out. Merlot Jan 2018 #8

Really? RandomAccess Jan 2018 #9

Good book, but W was eerily similar to Buzz too. n/t FSogol Jan 2018 #4

That's true. That's when I reread it. MineralMan Jan 2018 #5

It is dangerous to believe it can't happen here. triron Jan 2018 #6

kick for visibility triron Jan 2018 #10

K&R bdamomma Jan 2018 #11

murielm99

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1. I have read it.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Jan 29, 2018, 02:02 PM

Jan 2018

I had an old copy that was falling apart and unreadable. I went to the library to get their copy. They are friends there and former colleagues, so they let me roam around all the nooks and crannies. I had to get this book out of the attic, where it was in a random pile of books. It was very hot up there that day.

It was worth the reread.