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Javaman

(62,532 posts)
Thu Mar 26, 2015, 12:28 PM Mar 2015

If 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 OP
I've seen the movie several times... MrScorpio Mar 2015 #1
I didn't know there was a movie. (I live in a cave) I have to check it out. :) nt Javaman Mar 2015 #2
Here you go: MrScorpio Mar 2015 #3
very faithful to the book. mopinko Mar 2015 #7
A conciousness raising book for Women in America JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #4
I'm constantly reminded of how prescient that book was ProfessorPlum Mar 2015 #5
Recommend. nt Zorra Mar 2015 #6

mopinko

(70,192 posts)
7. very faithful to the book.
Thu Mar 26, 2015, 01:33 PM
Mar 2015

great and very scary movie.

easy to see the endpoint of the religious right's pov. and it aint the rapture.

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