tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442040.post4494305847404200972..comments2023-12-28T00:42:03.528-05:00Comments on a very mary design: A Very Mary Book ReviewVery Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16115661324301117031noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442040.post-23619524508463546042011-05-13T18:46:06.599-04:002011-05-13T18:46:06.599-04:00This is a really good book. And horrifying.This is a really good book. And horrifying.Parabolic Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293896881451344660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442040.post-67118224395686658612010-10-12T14:31:18.845-04:002010-10-12T14:31:18.845-04:00i read this EONS ago ... and am going to go find i...i read this EONS ago ... and am going to go find it and read it again .... i loved it then ... but don't remember it well ... actually, i remember some scary bits but not the thinking bits ....e.beck.artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00432428302655258370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442040.post-86683187002134148322010-10-10T14:24:24.473-04:002010-10-10T14:24:24.473-04:00I recently read this book and I too was reminded o...I recently read this book and I too was reminded of my choices and how valuable and precious they are. I hope that many young girls read and take to heart this book so that this possible future is never actualized. <br /><br />(by the way -- love your blog!)Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01239139620198954785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442040.post-54554253420033117392010-10-09T11:25:14.816-04:002010-10-09T11:25:14.816-04:00sad and scary how some places women still have no ...sad and scary how some places women still have no choices...Yarni Gras!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03028237893356674106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442040.post-49805755015569294542010-10-08T09:43:12.476-04:002010-10-08T09:43:12.476-04:00ooooh! Yummy! Adding to the library list NOW.ooooh! Yummy! Adding to the library list NOW.Very Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16115661324301117031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442040.post-72578145645737206722010-10-08T08:33:42.616-04:002010-10-08T08:33:42.616-04:00It is chilling-- and the only one of Atwood's ...It is chilling-- and the only one of Atwood's books I could get through without throwing it against the wall. I just find her prose so chilly and stylized despite how "important" she is. Ugh. Taste, I suppose.<br /><br />If you're feeling like reading some righteous-babe sci-fi, the Jenny Casey trilogy by Elizabeth Bear (Hammered is the first one) is fantastic. And she's antiheroic, because she's a drug-addicted alcoholic fugitive cybernetic ex-fighter pilot living in a religious-freaked-out America and working as an auto mechanic. She is awesome. And she does not want to save the world, damnit. But, well... I'd be spoiling it to say any more. Suffice it to say, she makes choices.<br /><br />(All of Bear's writing is awesome, and now that I think about it, also about choices, choices flawed people make. She has a standalone one called Carnival which is a veeeeeeeeeery interesting one about gender inasmuch as it's about a gay couple negotiating with an Amazon planet. Yeah.)bipolarlawyercookhttp://www.bipolarlawyercook.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442040.post-48212656195728632062010-10-07T13:52:55.054-04:002010-10-07T13:52:55.054-04:00Hey VM, I studied this book years ago, but it was ...Hey VM, I studied this book years ago, but it was part of a feminist literature module which I wasn't really into - maybe I need to read it again just for myself! Thanks for the post and the nudge. Btw I find your site really thought provoking; thanks for what you write.<br />NicAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com