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  by gib101 & 1 users

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Type: educational

Status: —

Author: Walter Wink

Tags: christianity homosexuality @finished2005

2006-02-27

  by gib101

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Yvonne Wilson

Tags: future environment @finished2005 globalism

Description: Excellent. In the not-too distant future this type of thing might be coming true; it is a lookExcellent. In the not-too distant future this type of thing might be coming true; it is a look at how our own society deals with and tries to hide its effects on the environment, such as global warming. ...

2006-02-18

  by gib101 & 31 users

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Margaret Atwood

Tags: future scifi dystopia @finished2005 bioeng chemeng

Description: Loved it! In spite of being a Canadian author, this was my first of Ms. Atwood's novels.Loved it! In spite of being a Canadian author, this was my first of Ms. Atwood's novels. It was thoroughly enjoyable. A look at where humanity might be headed in the future (perhaps nearer than we think) I was surprised that we don't have more of this type of novel being produced. In the days when nuclear war was the big danger, there were all kinds of futuristic novels exploring potential paradigmns. Now we have few....

2006-02-18

  by gib101 & 35 users

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Kazuo Ishiguro

Tags: scifi love ethics @finished2005

Description: I loved the book; a descripiton of how a group of children are kept segmented from the restI loved the book; a descripiton of how a group of children are kept segmented from the rest of society. Only slowly does it become clear that there are some darker aspects of the upper exchelons of this social time, and that these children are the focus of that darkness...

2006-02-18