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Posted 2013-03-04 9:06 AM (#4797 - in reply to #4427)
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Atwood has always positioned herself as an artist as opposed to an entertainer (not that there's anything wrong with entertainment) so the ideas, philosophy call it what you may are an intrinsic part of the novelists art. Her purpose being "higher" I think she needs to take more care to show a thought out approach. The narrow focus of Handmaid's tale, it's almost mythic approach allowed a black and white view but dealing with issue such as science, overpopulation etc. are more complex.
Card writes to entertain but that said his early Worthington Saga (Hot Sleep et. al.) had some pretty dark sadistic stuff in it.

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