Summary
Since Donald Trump’s election win, sales of dystopian and politically themed books have surged, with titles like The Handmaid’s Tale and 1984 climbing the U.S. bestseller lists.
Feminist and anti-tyranny works, such as Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit and On Democracy by Timothy Snyder, have also seen significant spikes, reflecting public concerns over women’s rights and democratic values.
Women’s rights groups and individuals have voiced alarm over potential threats to reproductive rights, recalling Trump’s support for the Roe v. Wade overturn during his previous term.
It was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual!!!
You mean we shouldn’t build the torment Nexus from the best selling dystopian book Don’t build the torment Nexus?
Big tech: “Don’t be ridiculous! Think of the shareholder dividends!”
Fascists by definition don’t get the joke (or point)
Can confirm. My wife insisted we watch this last night.
*Watch the series, not just stare at the book.
Book starer.
Real ones ogle volumes with their spouses.
Find someone that will stare at these with you.
Me and my partner: 👁️👁️
Everyone is just trying to map out the road ahead of us now
At least they’re trying. Education is power.
Oh believe me, I’ve switched my reading habits, too.
I have been reading a lot more since the 2016 result. It wasn’t the only reason, but it was a major one (especially non-fiction).
People are buying these books while they’re still allowed to.
Atwood is also one of the sanest centrist voices I’ve ever read, in essays and interviews. (Centrist by Canadian standards – probably quite left by US standards). She always seems to be acutely aware of institutional inertia and how things like independent courts are vital to free societies. Wish there were more like her.
I’m just glad she’s safe in Canada.
You may also want to add Stefan Zweig’s “The World of Yesterday” to this list. Zweig was a Viennese Jew who escaped* the Nazis, and wrote poignantly about the world he has loved that was lost to Hitler. Today’s Zweigs would write about the mundane, taken-for-granted world before 2017.
* he and his wife managed to make it to Argentina, but then, a year or so before the end of the war, committed suicide. Being safe from physical harm doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve escaped.
Fuck, if only the road was clear BEFORE the election…
They should have read it before the election to learn what the Trump Movement is aiming at. Well, at least they will now learn what to expect.
Check out The Parable of the Sower
The fact that this book starts in 2024 with an election gone wrong is too spot on.
Great read that goes into climate and class issues as well.
They want to read the book so they’ll understand the live action play when it happens in real life.
At least if people wear those handmaid hats to the protests that should help skirt the facial recognition systems.
That’s a really solid point, but they make it difficult to have proper situational awareness, so use cautiously.
Under His eye.
Great timing.
Shit. I read it years ago and can’t even remember what it was about.
Some chick. I think she was a handmaid.
No, I mean read it ten years ago and the message was lost on me because it was just dystopian scifi. I was also ten years more ignorant.
Then read it again? Or watch the series, it’s very well done.
Watch the series on Hulu. Good interpretation.
And damn did she have tail.
