At least, I thought it was great. It was "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood. Sort of a sci fi type of thing. Set in a society where the birth rate has plummeted and they've taken extreme measures. Check it out!
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Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
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Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
I just may. I read Surfacing by her in a lit. class last year. It was interesting, well-written.
Posted by gwan (Member # 6194) on :
Margret Atwood! Yeah! one of our only great canadian authors. Although I've only red "Alias Grace". It wasn't too bad, and she is canadian so yeah! Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Gwan,
Isn't Louise Erdrich (sp?) from Canada as well? Maybe I'm thinking wrong. I love "The Bingo Palace" and "Love Medicine."
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Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I know I've heard of that book somewhere.
*ponders*
Posted by gwan (Member # 6194) on :
I've never heard of Louise Erdrich... *waits to get slugged for her ignorance* But I just was proud to have Margret atwood as a fellow canadian. There aren't many TALENTED well-known authors form canada.
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Gwan, I took a Canadian Lit. course in college. I was also introduced to Jefferson Davies, whose books I find extremely challenging and interesting. Go Canada!
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Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
There are alot of really funny comedians though. Aparrently being confined to the indoors for 7 months out of the year really hones your ability to entertain.
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
It was a movie.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
If you haven't read Louise Erdich, start with Tracks. It's by far my favorite of her many excellent books.
I'm not a huge Margaret Atwood fan, but I admit that it has less to do with the quality of her writing (while I haven't read The Handmaid's Tale in 10 or 12 years, I liked it well enough when I read it), and more to do with her insufferable snobbery when it comes to Science Fiction. Seriously, I have rarely read an interview with her in which she failed to say something disparaging about the genre, and emphasize that she didn't write such tripe. Instead, she says, she writes fiction with science in it.
If you'd like, I'll go looking for some of her more absurd comments.
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
quote:I was also introduced to Jefferson Davies
*ahem*
I think you might be referring to Robertson Davies - one of my favorite authors.
Jefferson Davis was the president of a group of states that took a leave of absence from the U.S. in the mid-nineteenth century.
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
I was under the impression that Louise Erdich was an American who has written stories that take place in Canada.
And I can't believe that we're over 10 posts into a thread that started off being about Margaret Atwood and nobody has complained about her being anti man yet. That's usually one of the first things that's said about her!
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Ahh, yes...I suppose that is his name, sndrake.
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Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
I highly recomend "Three Hearts and Three Lions".
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I have no idea where Erdrich is from; I just like her books.
Posted by Jaiden (Member # 2099) on :
I prefer our other Margaret- one of my favourite books is The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence Posted by Jaiden (Member # 2099) on :
Erdrich was born in Little Falls, Minnesota (if my memory of english classes serves me correctly)
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
I _love_ "Handmaid's Tale."
What are her other books like?
Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
Wow, someone else has read three hearts and three lions...
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
I liked "The Robber Bride"
Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :
If you're looking for a great Canadian author, check Thomas King out.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I think Canada produces superior musicians too. I mean - Sarah McLachlan, Barnaked Ladies and Alanis? Who can argue?
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Our Lady Peace....
Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :
I'm an Atwood fan. Apart from "The Handmaid's Tale" she doesn't really write SF, it's more magic realism, I think. My particular favourite is "Cat's Eye" but I also liked "The Edible Woman." I wasn't so keen on "The Blind Assassin" for some reason... not sure why, just couldn't get into it so easily.
Robertson Davies is great as well. I read the Deptford Trilogy waaaay back when I was 14 or so and loved it then, and I'm sure I'd get still more out of it now.
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
i remember seeing the film for HANDMAID'S TALE with my dad when i was about twelve.
Posted by dawnmaria (Member # 4142) on :
I have loved everything I have ever read by Atwood. I was especially fond of her latest, Oryx & Crake. Very futuristic and apocolyptic. And a little twisted which I always find a treat. It just came out in paperback last month so go try it! Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
Isn't Michael Ondaatje Canadian? Or maybe he immigrated there?
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
He was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) but he's been here long enough for us to claim him as our own.
One of the few authors out there whose works are better when read aloud than to read them yourself. In my humble opinion that is.
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