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[jubes]

I just finished reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.

What a gifted writer...what a scary story. What does it say about us as a society that I could actually imagine that happening if circumstances fostered it?

That was the first Atwood book I ever read, and probably the one I've read the most often. I think the scariest part is the fact that our culture seems a little closer to accepting that now than it did when the book was written.

[jeanne]

That was the first Atwood book I ever read, and probably the one I've read the most often. I think the scariest part is the fact that our culture seems a little closer to accepting that now than it did when the book was written.

Exactly. As we become more polarized as a society, the extremes seem less unlikely. What a frightening thought - that there are those among us who would welcome that sort of arrangement.