A couple of weeks ago, New Yorker magazine had a good piece on the novelist Margaret Atwood's upcoming sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, which she wrote back in the 90s
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Weird that it says super STD's. The version I read lay the blame for the menfolk's sterility on the mumps (which is hilarious since even before the vaccine it was a 1% chance of going sterile in 1 testicle, and even then only if the disease occurred at the onset of puberty).
I haven't read the new book. I'm kind of hesitant since other authors I had long admired put out sequels to their previous novels decades later and the quality really didn't hold up to the previous ones.
Do click through to the New Yorker piece and give it a thorough read -- I think you will be persuaded to tackle the new book. The reviewer does a good job of situating the new work in the context of the cultural phenom that has taken place over 25 years.
The history from the original "Handmaid" to a TV series (over several seasons) to the overselling of the red-gown/white-cap costume. And how it shaped the whole Texas abortion fight a couple of years ago.
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I haven't read the new book. I'm kind of hesitant since other authors I had long admired put out sequels to their previous novels decades later and the quality really didn't hold up to the previous ones.
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The history from the original "Handmaid" to a TV series (over several seasons) to the overselling of the red-gown/white-cap costume. And how it shaped the whole Texas abortion fight a couple of years ago.
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