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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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