"The Books that saw it coming"

[woe2you@beige.party]

@jens @Natasha_Jay Yeah, I missed it at first glance.

It's a lot more prescient than 1984 in that it predicts that the populace will be numbed by bread and circuses rather than an overt militaristic takeover.

[jens@social.finkhaeuser.de]

@woe2you @Natasha_Jay That, yes. But it is also more than a little reactionary in the alternative it presents.

[bencotterill@mastodon.social]

@Natasha_Jay What shop is that? I want to go.

[scavello@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@Natasha_Jay Alternate title: books techbros read and completely missed the point of

[wobweger@mstdn.social]

@Natasha_Jay
or those were mistaken for a blueprint by guy barely able to think without any sense for morality and ethics and absolutely no appreciation for humanity

[karamazov1879@mastodon.social]

@Natasha_Jay Read half of those, but at least two more are missing. Swastika Night and WE. Where'd they go?

[em0nm4stodon@infosec.exchange]

@Natasha_Jay @alice This is such an awesome idea

[andifa@mastodon.social]

@Natasha_Jay Octavia 🥰

[hakfoo@mstdn.party]

@Natasha_Jay Children of Time?

So we're gonna get the giant sentient jumping spiders?!

[markwyner@mas.to]

@Natasha_Jay sad, but good to see. I saw a great display like this at Powell’s.

[theduesentrieb@social.linux.pizza]

@Natasha_Jay Children of Time gives me at least a bit of hope