tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603719725957464633.post2977318916502904359..comments2023-05-10T08:20:25.109-07:00Comments on Blogging the Hugo Winners: 1987 Arthur C. Clarke – THE HANDMAID”S TALE by Margaret AtwoodRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03293070603428186814noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603719725957464633.post-67809180230041612812010-11-10T05:35:28.887-08:002010-11-10T05:35:28.887-08:00I like the idea of reading all dystopias as parano...I like the idea of reading all dystopias as paranoid fantasies, since, basically, they are. I'll need to remember that. I wouldn't say plausibility was a major flaw in the book, just the one I noticed. And, I do think some anti-feminist ideas out there at the time were scary enough...<br /><br />I think I may be alone in my love of Oryx and Crake - I know a lot of people who hate it. It was the first Atwood I read, so maybe I was so blown away by my first encounter with her prose (among the best of any living authors) that I rated it higher than it deserved.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293070603428186814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603719725957464633.post-62789052125481765562010-11-09T12:07:47.614-08:002010-11-09T12:07:47.614-08:00I hear what you are saying about the implausibilit...I hear what you are saying about the implausibility of the Handmaid's Tale, but I have a pretty high tolerance for that. If every sci-fi story had to have its feet firmly on the ground then we would only end up with the 'hard' stuff, which often reads like a physics manual. If you read this and other dystopian novels as 'paranoid fantasies' to begin with I think they are that much more enjoyable. <br /><br />I really need to get around to reading Oryx and Crake, Thanks for reminding me. This is the first time I have heard it being described as Atwood's best genre work.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926822130283094820noreply@blogger.com