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Magaret Atwood's book, has re- emerged, and may have a sequel.
New TV series, on Hulu, due to start April 26, 2017
Margaret Atwood on why we need science fiction
"We want wisdom. We want hope. We want to be good. Therefore we sometimes tell ourselves warning stories that deal with the darker side of some of our other wants. As William Blake noted long ago, the human imagination drives the world. At first it drove only the human world, which was once very small in comparison to the huge and powerful natural world around it. Now we're close to being in control of everything..."
"But it is still the human imagination, in all its diversity, that directs what we do with our tools. Literature is an uttering, or outering, of the human imagination. It lets the shadowy forms of thought and feeling - heaven, hell, monsters, angels and all - out into the light, where we can take a good look at them and perhaps come to a better understanding of who we are and what we want, and what the limits to those wants may be. Understanding the imagination is no longer a pastime, but a necessity; because increasingly, if we can imagine it, we'll be able to do it."
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/jun/17/sciencefictionfantasyandhorror.margaretatwood
Illegitimi non carborundum ?
The bastards wore nearly everyone in America down with their constant attacks on Hillary Clinton, and anyone that had a drop of worth.
The bastards are wearing down good people, that genuinely care.
The bastards are filling positions of grave importance.
Prime example -
Gov. Robert Bentley of Alabama, his wife of fifty years,Diane (that divorced him) married mistress Rebekah Caldwell Mason, and her husband, Jon Mason
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...governors-impeachment-proceedings-are-on-hold
High Court Greenlights Impeachment Proceedings For Alabama Governor
April 8, 201711:0
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...es-impeachment-proceedings-after-court-ruling
He posed as a man of pristine and untouchable reputation. There is no possible way he can justify anything that he has done. Just another selfish, hypocritical bastard, that sold everyone else, out.
New TV series, on Hulu, due to start April 26, 2017
Margaret Atwood on why we need science fiction
"We want wisdom. We want hope. We want to be good. Therefore we sometimes tell ourselves warning stories that deal with the darker side of some of our other wants. As William Blake noted long ago, the human imagination drives the world. At first it drove only the human world, which was once very small in comparison to the huge and powerful natural world around it. Now we're close to being in control of everything..."
"But it is still the human imagination, in all its diversity, that directs what we do with our tools. Literature is an uttering, or outering, of the human imagination. It lets the shadowy forms of thought and feeling - heaven, hell, monsters, angels and all - out into the light, where we can take a good look at them and perhaps come to a better understanding of who we are and what we want, and what the limits to those wants may be. Understanding the imagination is no longer a pastime, but a necessity; because increasingly, if we can imagine it, we'll be able to do it."
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/jun/17/sciencefictionfantasyandhorror.margaretatwood
Illegitimi non carborundum ?
The bastards wore nearly everyone in America down with their constant attacks on Hillary Clinton, and anyone that had a drop of worth.
The bastards are wearing down good people, that genuinely care.
The bastards are filling positions of grave importance.
Prime example -
Gov. Robert Bentley of Alabama, his wife of fifty years,Diane (that divorced him) married mistress Rebekah Caldwell Mason, and her husband, Jon Mason
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...governors-impeachment-proceedings-are-on-hold
High Court Greenlights Impeachment Proceedings For Alabama Governor
April 8, 201711:0
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...es-impeachment-proceedings-after-court-ruling
He posed as a man of pristine and untouchable reputation. There is no possible way he can justify anything that he has done. Just another selfish, hypocritical bastard, that sold everyone else, out.