I found Handmaid's Tale quiet in tone, but took that to mean that the disaster in civil rights had already happened, outrage was exhausted, and resignation was all Ofglen had left. The atmosphere was creepy and insidious, like Hill House.
Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.
'Ariel'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Katerina Bee - Apr 21, 2004 1:45:19 pm PDT #2319 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
Aims - Apr 21, 2004 1:58:33 pm PDT #2320 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I have a question about Handmaid's Tale. (I haven't read it - saw the movie a long time ago. I liked it a lot, actually. Kinda strange for me.)
Anyway...why weren't the men sterile? Why just the women?
Ouise - Apr 21, 2004 2:19:01 pm PDT #2321 of 10002
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
(I think you'd like these Ouise)I've noticed some of her books - I'll have to try some. Thanks for the recommendation.
Ouise - Apr 21, 2004 2:26:45 pm PDT #2322 of 10002
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Anyway...why weren't the men sterile? Why just the women?Because their culture insisted that that was the case. Rather like a lot of history, really. (Like Henry VIII divorcing/executing all those wives, never considering that he might be the problem.)
Katerina Bee - Apr 21, 2004 2:27:02 pm PDT #2323 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
Re: Handmaid's Tale: Not everybody was sterile, there were widespread infertility problems due to the toxic environment. So powerful men wishing to reproduce were assigned Handmaids of previous, proven fertility to try their luck at planting their little wigglers.
Jesse - Apr 21, 2004 2:30:04 pm PDT #2324 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, so on a whim I took Live and Let Die out of the library. I don't think I can finish it. Beside the incongruity of having a Guns-n-Roses remake of a Wings song in my head while I read this book set in the 50s, I just finished the chapter called "Nigger Heaven." I shit you not. Will it continue to be this bad?
Aims - Apr 21, 2004 2:30:47 pm PDT #2325 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Thanks, Ouise and KB. Makes sense.
Well, not real sense. Dystopic society sense. Effed up royal family sense.
IOW, no sense at all, but there ya go.
Nicole - Apr 21, 2004 2:33:32 pm PDT #2326 of 10002
I'm getting the pig!
My cubicle roomie at work recently got me slightly hooked on the
In Death
series by J.D. Robb.
Admittedly, I mostly skimmed the first book since Robb's descriptions continually pulled me out of the story through the first 15 or so pages. The mystery portion was lacking but the relationship aspect played well and I especially liked that the relationship wasn't the main focus. Typical romance novels and I are usually non-mixy... however, I've been pleasantly surprised by Crusie and Robb. So far.
The second and third books of the series show improved suspense. I've only finished the third book in the series just this last weekend, but looking forward to more. (Cubicle roomie brought me three more today but I forgot about them and left them at work.)
Aims - Apr 21, 2004 2:38:39 pm PDT #2327 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
By the time you get to like, the 10th-16th book, they are really good. Then, they start to feel like she's just churning them out.
(You know it's Nora Roberts, right?)
Betsy HP - Apr 21, 2004 2:45:58 pm PDT #2328 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I think the most recent Robb was quite good, actually.
(Like Henry VIII divorcing/executing all those wives, never considering that he might be the problem.)
That's still happening. I'm pretty sure the Shah of Iran divorced a wife for having only daughters. (Yup.)