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Books

Jun 102010
 
A Candid Discussion on "The Handmaid's Tale"

This is my private rant on “The Handmaid’s Tale”, so I suggest that you proceed with caution unless you want your interpretation of The Handmaid’s Tale to be permanently damaged. (The Handmaid’s Tale is a novel by Margaret Atwood, a Canadian author. It is essentially about a handmaid’s experience in a dystopian theocratic republic that has [...Read more...]

Jun 092010
 
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind: Worth cogitation about?

One of my favourite sci-fi authors mentioned the book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes in a novel, so I decided to read it to channel the TOK spirit. It is definitely a “TOK” book because of all the deep Knowledge Issues that are present within it, [...Read more...]

May 312010
 

Finished ‘Potter’? Rowling tells what happens next If you found the epilogue of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” rather vague, then J.K. Rowling achieved her goal. The author was shooting for “nebulous,” something “poetic.” She wanted the readers to feel as if they were looking at Platform 9¾ through the mist, unable to make [...Read more...]