Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
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By consensus, this thread is reopened specifically to discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It will be closed again once that discussion has run its course.
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Nope. Conformity or exile to the Island.
But the point is that they were happy (though not free). Yeah, to us - as to the Savage - it looks like an oppressive hell, but how can you call a society where 99.99% of the populace is blissfully happy, and the remaining .001% get to live in peac on a tropical island, anything but utopia?
As fascinating as the utopian discussion is, we haven't picked a book to discuss yet. Literary might be a good place to discuss dystopia/utopia as expressed in Orwell's books, though.
Now that's what I call oppression...
One person's oppression is another person's attempt to get a thread with a very specific purpose onto its feet without too many problems.
The dystopia/utopia discussion is making me think Brave New World and Those Who Walk Away From Whileaway could be read together.
That was a joke, Connie.
I think we've consensed that Wolfram should do the first pick honors if he's up for it , which I think he said he was. Sound right?
Thanks for getting that all together, -t and Cindy.
Well you can't argue with a bs consensus.
I'll pick a book from the list at some point today. And we'll set the discussion to start on August 15.
I'll pick a book from the list at some point today. And we'll set the discussion to start on August 15.
Sweet! Except I won't have Net access on August 15. Don't exhaust all the interesting discussion in two days, 'kay?
Yay! A date!
I'd worry a lot, P-C. You know how Buffistas can exhaust a topic immediately and never ever go back to it.