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[urgeok2]

Originally Posted by Despare

I know, it just seems with a lot of your posts lately you've tied certain things to redneck culture that don't necessarily fit. I thought it HAD to be a personal thing, that somebody you know has shaped your view, and it turns out that's it heh.

i run into it a lot at work and where i live ...

5 minutes outside the biggest city in canada and still the cracker mentality thrives.

if anything - you should realize by now that 99% of anything i'm willing to put out there - is based on personal experience !

[Despare]

Originally Posted by urgeok2

i run into it a lot at work and where i live ...

5 minutes outside the biggest city in canada and still the cracker mentality thrives.

if anything - you should realize by now that 99% of anything i'm willing to put out there - is based on personal experience !

Ha, I do but when I'm curious I still ask. ;)

[ChronoGrl]

Originally Posted by Papillon Noir

@Chrono
I enjoyed Atwood's "A Handmaid's Tale". I couldn't get into "The Blind Assassin". What's "Oryx & Crake" like?

I also enjoyed parts of "Lolita" and the plot as a whole, but the prose didn't flow that well for me and I found it rather boring. I think I read this off and on for a year or two before I finally got through it. I just enjoyed the movie so much that I felt I had to read the book (and it's a classic). :o

I also read all the Harry Potter books and rather enjoyed them.

I also read the Twilight books, except for the last one. I really enjoyed them, though I've been holding off on the last one because of the bad reviews.

WOW I haven't checked this thread in a while.

Oryx and Crake is closer to A Handmaid's Tale than it is The Blind Assassin. It's definitely more science fiction/post-apocalyptic/bleak dystopic future leaning.

I highly recommend it, especially if you enjoy science fiction stuff. :)