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Re-read before I start The Testaments.
I've not read this since college - 2002 or 2003, I think? Absolutely fucking nuts how the world has descended into fascism since then.
I miss those days. I miss college, too.
— Feb 21, 2026 10:51AM
I've not read this since college - 2002 or 2003, I think? Absolutely fucking nuts how the world has descended into fascism since then.
I miss those days. I miss college, too.
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"One of the gravestones in the cemetery near the earliest church has an anchor on it and an hourglass, and the words 'In Hope'.
"'In Hope'. Why did they put that above a dead person? Was it the corpse hoping, or those still alive?"
There is such a bruised, aching sadness to this novel.
God, it's just so visceral and so fucking devastating.
— Feb 22, 2026 03:41PM
"'In Hope'. Why did they put that above a dead person? Was it the corpse hoping, or those still alive?"
There is such a bruised, aching sadness to this novel.
God, it's just so visceral and so fucking devastating.
Chris
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"The Guardians aren't real soldiers. They're used for routine policing and other menial functions... These two are very young... The young ones are often the most dangerous, the most fanatical, the jumpiest with their guns. They haven't yet learned about existence through time. You have to go slowly with them."
I'd love to see Atwood's taken on ICE here in Minneapolis. But she already addressed them, basically...
— Feb 21, 2026 07:33PM
I'd love to see Atwood's taken on ICE here in Minneapolis. But she already addressed them, basically...
