I wish I were in such circumstances that I could have an opportunity to really talk about certain books, the ones that make me want to have those kinds of all-night coffee-fueled conversations about the real, the ideal and everything inbetween. Farthing, which I also recently read and was quite strongly affected by, is one of them.
Another is Timmel Duchamp's Renegade, the second volume of her Marq'ssan Cycle, which is possibly the most chilling examination I've ever seen of the way that fascism and a mingled slew of other nasty isms distort human relationships, in addition to out-1984-ing Orwell in its depiction of the psychological experience of torture and, for lack of a better word, brainwashing. I'm not entirely sure that recommend is the right word, but there's a great deal to talk about in her books, if you haven't already looked into them.
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Date: 2007-11-27 10:09 pm (UTC)Another is Timmel Duchamp's Renegade, the second volume of her Marq'ssan Cycle, which is possibly the most chilling examination I've ever seen of the way that fascism and a mingled slew of other nasty isms distort human relationships, in addition to out-1984-ing Orwell in its depiction of the psychological experience of torture and, for lack of a better word, brainwashing. I'm not entirely sure that recommend is the right word, but there's a great deal to talk about in her books, if you haven't already looked into them.