Navigating Solutions and Darkness

Crossposted from Feminist Quill , written on September 24, 2015 Title:  The Handmaid's Tale Author:  Margaret Atwood Year of Publication:  1985 Series:  N/A Goodreads Rating (Avg.):  3.99   Goodreads Rating (Mine): 5 Plot Description: In a dystopic world ravaged by pollution and sexually transmitted diseases, infertility is the second biggest problem faced by what once used to be the United States of America. The biggest problem is the Religious Right, although they probably don't see it that way. Offred, the eponymous protagonist, is a part of one of the Gileadean empire's greatest schemes to combat infertility - that is to say, the imprisonment of women of child bearing age and their subsequent induction into sex slavery as Handmaids. The Handmaids are surrogates to the infertile wives of rich and powerful (and ever fertile) men deemed worthy of this shot at reproduction. This review falls smack dab in the middle of my reviewing o...

Crossposted from here : Written on October 21, 2015 Title:  Fahrenheit 451 Author:   Ray Bradbury Year of Publication:  1953 Series:  N/A Goodreads Rating (Avg.):  3.95 Goodreads Rating (Mine):  4 “When they give you lined paper, write the other way.”  –  Fahrenheit 451,  Ray Bradbury Some Spoilers are Inevitable Plot Description:  Guy Montag is a fireman, and as everyone knows, the role of firemen is to set fire to houses. And to burn books. The houses that have fire set to them are usually the ones harbouring books. In Bradbury’s dystopic vision of a future, books are banned, and it’s not like any normal, sane person would want to read them anyway. That’s what a futuristic version of television on steroids (and possible crack cocaine) is for – to keep you entertained and happy… and free of questions. Fahrenheit 451  is a much reviewed classic, so I doubt there’s much I can add to the collective discussio...