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   LowRider44M to All   
   Re: VENUE OF PERCEPTION []-[] CAUSE & EF   
   30 Nov 22 21:10:05   
   
   From: intraphase@gmail.com   
      
   > of course, the 'key' to all these rather dour dystopian stories being in   
   > the clear realisation that they're all only written in a genre 'of the   
   > future' in an effort to pass by the censor of their day... when, in   
   > reality, they're actually describing the horrible present as it is &   
   > stands, a projection into the future of which paints an even more extreme,   
   > seemingly fictional version, as all these horrible ideas reach their   
   > inevitable conclusions in a safe but far distant future, and as such are   
   > certainly not a scathing critique of the present day and the way things   
   > actually are...   
   >   
   > but which, of course, they in fact are once they're read between the lines   
   > :)   
      
   Well Said!   
      
   Supposedly publishing is in turmoil from vying camps. Ideology v Ideology   
      
   It's been a while since a "Hot" book had everyone saying "Have you read "Such   
   & Such?""   
   The 70's 80's had a lot of that social phenomenon   
      
   Christine Mcvie - Passed On Yesterday   
   Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun - Live 1982   
   https://youtu.be/XD-yCmHOVG4   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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