tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post3020205470330602382..comments2023-09-15T13:34:10.017+01:00Comments on Cognitive Blindspot: NobellingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post-75550933436241642712007-10-13T18:29:00.000+01:002007-10-13T18:29:00.000+01:00For some odd reason I though that Lessing had alre...For some odd reason I though that Lessing had already won the Nobel Prize for Lit. ... Obviously I was confused.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Gosh, I'm sick to death of Al Gore. I'm definitely more Liberal than anything, but I honestly don't think Al Gore would have been a very good president. Thank goodness I wasn't old enough to vote in the 2000 election, because I probably would have gone the "lesser of two evils" route.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post-38054715984968889032007-10-12T12:31:00.000+01:002007-10-12T12:31:00.000+01:00Yeah. I've read two of her books. In The Handmaid'...Yeah. I've read two of her books. In <I>The Handmaid's Tale</I> the story is set in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic society where only around 5% of the female population can have babies.<BR/><BR/>In <I>The Blind Assassin</I>, the two main characters make up a story together about a futuristic dystopia, in between bouts of energetic sex.<BR/><BR/>But they're not science fiction, because there are no aliens and rayguns, silly.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869075072931465663.post-91347015125371358072007-10-12T12:15:00.000+01:002007-10-12T12:15:00.000+01:00I've not read any Margaret Atwood, but I've come a...I've not read any Margaret Atwood, but I've come across interviews etc with her. I think it was when she was being interviewed about <I>Oryx and Crake</I> (a tale, so I've heard, set in the future and starring several genetically engineered creatures) that I more or less decided that I would never read any Margaret Atwood ever, just on principle.<BR/><BR/>I'm paraphrasing, but her remarks were along the lines of "This isn't science fiction because there aren't any aliens or rayguns!" "This isn't science fiction because genetic engineering is a reality!"NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.com