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Type: fiction

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Authors: George Orwell Russell Baker

Tags: fiction classic socialism

2006-07-13

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Author: Aldous Huxley

Tags: fiction scifi dystopia

Description: ""Community, Identity, Stability" is the motto of Aldous Huxley's utopian""Community, Identity, Stability" is the motto of Aldous Huxley's utopian World State. Here everyone consumes daily grams of soma, to fight depression, babies are born in laboratories, and the most popular form of entertainment is a "Feelie," a movie that stimulates the senses of sight, hearing, and touch. Though there is no violence and everyone is provided for, Bernard Marx feels something is missing and senses his relationship with a young women has the potential to be much more than the confines of their existence allow. Huxley foreshadowed many of the practices and gadgets we take for granted today--let's hope the sterility and absence of individuality he predicted aren't yet to come."...

2006-07-13

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Author: George Orwell

Tags: fiction scifi dystopia

2006-07-13

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Authors: C.S. Lewis C. S. Lewis Pauline Baynes

2006-07-12

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Authors: C.S. Lewis C. S. Lewis

Tags: fiction christianity

Description: This book is about a trip to Heaven by residents of Hell. Lewis presents some interestingThis book is about a trip to Heaven by residents of Hell. Lewis presents some interesting insite into why "the gates of Hell are barred from the inside."...

2006-07-12

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Mikhail Bulgakov

Tags: humor classic jesus russian satan pilate

Description: A strange tale with several interwoven story lines. It focuses on Satan's weekend visitA strange tale with several interwoven story lines. It focuses on Satan's weekend visit to Russia, Pontius Pilate's trial of Jesus, and a love story between the Master and Margarita...

2006-07-12

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Type: religious

Status: now reading

Author: Henri Blocher

Tags: religion christianity evil worldview

2006-07-12