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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:28 PM Original message |
Left-leaning fiction that should be in every liberal's library? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Robert Hienlien |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. heinlein is not liberal or progressive |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Actually they are not Lazarus Long's daughters but somehow |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. if your clones are not your daughters with 100 percent of your dna nobody is |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
91. a polite way of saying |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. He was a Dem in his younger days. |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
116. 6th Column and Revolt in 2100 both should be required reading |
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Gothmog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. Starship Troopers was a very right wing book |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Intentionnaly so. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:21 AM Response to Reply #38 |
73. Eh, not really |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
147. I'm sorry, but didnt the author of Starship Troopers respond to a pro-Nuclear |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:19 AM Response to Reply #36 |
72. Good job, repeating the standard idiotic talking point |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
128. LOL. Wow you really missed the point. |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
94. I love Hienlien! |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. John Dean books...he's a good writer |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Know any good progressive values vampire stories? lol |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Hmm...they suck the blood out of their victims... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Heheh |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. But then they donate it to the local blood bank n/t |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. fevre dream by george r. r. martin EOM |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Definitely Steinbeck |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. I'd place Grapes of Wrath at the top of 'Definitely Must Read' list |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
47. Steinbeck! |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
76. "Of Mice and Men"---Shows the dignity of work. (And the Sinise/Malkovich movie is superb.) |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
118. I like In Dubious Battle a lot |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #118 |
127. Like me you are a rarity |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. check out mysteries by Michael Collins |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. most good fiction is left leaning. Fascism is anti-introspective |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
12. I really like Denise Giardina's books |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. 1984, of course! |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Of course! |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. The OP said FICTION. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. I'd laugh if I wasn't already crying. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. Good literature is not ideological. Good literature is a window on the human condition. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. I agree!! |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. correct! |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
54. Well said |
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The Inquisitive (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
59. So refreshing to here |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #15 |
78. Oh, I don't know; Bernard Shaw wasn't too shabby. |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
92. I agree |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
120. plenty of good literature is ideological |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
126. That's why I selected the book I did. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. almost anything by John Brunner |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. two thumbs up for both of those EOM |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. marge piercy has lots of good titles, also iain banks |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. and don't forget slaughterhouse five! EOM |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Of Course! Sorry, My Bad. n/t |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
50. I've never read that and now want to. Thanks. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
77. Thank you -- I was WAITING for someone to post Vonnegut. |
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atommom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
21. The Librarian by Larry Beinhart is a fun one... conspiracy, election fraud, |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. Bradbury is a rightwinger, sad to say. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
49. Really sad, huh? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. George Orwell. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
28. The Dispossessed |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I also like 'The Word for World is Forest' as well as a lot of her |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:09 AM Response to Reply #28 |
63. I did not think it was anti-utopian |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
29. Barbara Kingsolver. n/t |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. I've never thought of fiction as left or right; only as good and bad. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
34. Elmer Gantry and The Jungle |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. The two Sinclairs, huh? |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
39. The Grapes of Wrath and The Octopus n/t |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
40. U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence - all great works of fiction. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Yeah. me too. :^( |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #43 |
142. Oh yeah, the Magna Carta. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
41. Animal Farm by Orwell. n/t |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
44. I'd stack the library by quality, not ideology, myself. (nt) |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
45. The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson |
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LongTomH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #45 |
135. I would defintely put Robinson's Mars Trilogy on the list. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #135 |
140. I love all his stuff.The Mars trilogy is what got me into him. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
46. Jennifer Government by Max Barry. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
51. The Wizard of OZ, the author was liberal for his time period. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:17 AM Response to Reply #51 |
64. I thought the Lion was specifically William Jennings Bryan |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:12 AM Response to Reply #64 |
70. My opinion is the book was intended more for fun then an message. |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
97. Not to disagree, but I recently read an excerpted interview with Baum |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #97 |
109. I have read that about Baum also, relates more to HOW the Indians were in his time. |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #109 |
123. Thank you for the info, happyslug! |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #123 |
138. You often have to put yourself into the time period he was writing in. |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #138 |
149. Agreed, and not only the time period, but the info available at that time/place |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
52. "A Canticle for Liebowitz" by Walter M. Miller |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
53. Shardik, Richard Adams |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
55. One great non-fiction book that reads like a novel... |
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DavidMS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
56. What about Doeblin? |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
57. Catch 22, by Joseph Heller |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 10:39 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. And if I may venture a slight deviation from the request . . . |
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keroro gunsou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #57 |
84. author author! |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
58. Four dystopias you have to have on the shelf |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #58 |
83. The Handmaid's Taile by Margaret Atwood - I was waiting for that one. |
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johnfunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
60. Upton Sinclair: The Jungle |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
61. Yes to many above ESPECIALLY Brunner, LeGuin, Sinclair, Steinbeck |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
65. "Left leaning fiction"? |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:44 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Stories that do not lean one to conclude the fascism and free markets are good things? |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #68 |
88. Anything by Urslua Le Guin for kids, then |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #68 |
101. Ahh, for the kids! Maybe rather than "left-leaning" just some basic principles, such as... |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 04:53 AM Response to Original message |
66. "Left Hand of Darkness", Ursula K. Le Guin n/t |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #66 |
145. Haven't read that one yet. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
67. "The Handmaid's Tale", "Slaughterhouse Five", "The Gate to Women's Country" |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 09:09 AM Response to Reply #67 |
79. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes and YES! |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #67 |
107. Why Slaughterhouse Five though? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #107 |
110. The anti-war message couldn't be more clear or needed. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #107 |
111. "Herland" |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #107 |
129. slaughterhouse five -- a heartbreaking story beautifully told w.out sensationalism |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
69. John Brunner's magnificent trilogy |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
71. Anything by John Varley |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
74. "War of the Worlds" - H.G. Wells |
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SallyMander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
75. Ishmael by Daniel Quinn |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
80. "The Octopus", Frank Norris. "Cry, the Beloved Country," Alan Paton. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
81. Anything by Stephen King. He is definitely a Democrat. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
82. Octavia Butler's PARABLE OF THE SOWER and KINDRED. |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #82 |
90. Butler left us WAY to soon! |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
85. George R. R. Martin is definitely left of center |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #85 |
130. armageddon rag is a great martin novel that is not epic fantasy |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
86. "War and Peace", "All Quiet on the Western Front", "The Red Badge of Courage". |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
87. 'The Golden Notebook', Ma'am, And The "Martha Quest" Tetrology |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #87 |
132. surprised there wasn't more mention of these great novels |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
89. Douglas Adams |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
93. Don't forget some of the 'classics' |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #93 |
112. Thanks! All good selections |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #93 |
121. a few other industrial novels, since you mentioned felix holt and hard times |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
95. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #95 |
133. yeah i too highly recommend both of these also EOM |
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Bullwinkle925 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
96. do you have "The Giver" by Lois Lowry? . . . |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. Isn't it interesting how many of the books in this thread are sometimes banned? |
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Bullwinkle925 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #98 |
119. You have a valid point there . . . |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
99. Lord of the Flies, and Orwell's 1984 & Animal Farm |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
100. How Bout "Nader: The Piece Of Shit Who Helped Destroy Our Country"? |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #100 |
104. Monomania lives! |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. The Assault On Reason Was Great. Have You Read It Yet? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #100 |
106. but that's not |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. Ahhhhhhhh Fuck. You're Right. Didn't Even Catch That Part In The OP. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
102. I still think "left-leaning fiction" is a bizarre way to classify literary works, but... |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
103. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
113. Thanks everyone! |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #113 |
114. If you can't find reading materials in this thread than I don't know what to do. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #114 |
115. I emailed myself the link. Was too lazy to write all that just now. LOL |
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mourningdove92 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
117. This Perfect Day by Ira Levin |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
122. Leave Ann Rand off the list, lol. |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
124. Frank Herbert's Dune series |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
125. Almost everything by Jack London and Sinclair Lewis. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
131. Not fiction, but Carl Sagan's Demon Haunted World is a must-read for critical thinking. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #131 |
141. Hearty agreement on that selection. |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
134. don't laugh Harry Potter |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
136. Dos Passos' U.S.A. Trilogy |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
137. When I was a teen |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
139. His Dark Materials series by Pullman |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
143. Well, I know some might disagree with me |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
144. Pynchon |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
146. Ms. Greyhound is adamant, and I agree, Grimm's Fairy Tales. |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
148. Any books by Kurt Vonneguet (n/t) |
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flying rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
150. Maybe some Twain?N/T |
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