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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf you never read "A Handmaids Tale"...
I read this book years ago when it first came out. I had forgotten so much of it.
Now I'm listening to it on my iPod.
Talk about a scarily predictive novel.
While all the trappings of the book haven't come true, per say, much of it now exists today in the USA.
When you concentrate solely on the trees, the forest will engulf you.
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If you never read "A Handmaids Tale"... (Original Post)
Javaman
Mar 2015
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MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)1. I've seen the movie several times...
It's still scary as shit.
Javaman
(62,532 posts)2. I didn't know there was a movie. (I live in a cave) I have to check it out. :) nt
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)3. Here you go:
mopinko
(70,192 posts)7. very faithful to the book.
great and very scary movie.
easy to see the endpoint of the religious right's pov. and it aint the rapture.
JustAnotherGen
(31,864 posts)4. A conciousness raising book for Women in America
If ever there was one - this one was it.
ProfessorPlum
(11,267 posts)5. I'm constantly reminded of how prescient that book was
sadly
Zorra
(27,670 posts)6. Recommend. nt