Have you ever started a book, and been immediately smacked by its current relevance?

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November 19, 2020, 01:11 AM

wingspar

Have you ever started a book, and been immediately smacked by its current relevance?

Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut. I read it back in the 1970's. It’s about computers and machines taking over the world and putting people out of work if I remember correctly.

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Gary
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November 19, 2020, 07:07 AM

Fenris

Voltaire's Candide for the sheer absurdity of life.

And MacBeth in the original Klingon.

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November 19, 2020, 07:15 AM

Fredward

I recently had that experience with a tv series. JK Simmons starred as a man who passed thru to a parallel world experienced severe loss of freedom due to a viral pandemic. It was only slightly more extreme than our recent "lockdown" situation, but was made in 2016. I had to stop watching it.

November 19, 2020, 07:59 AM

gearhounds

Oryx and Crake.

“Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown

November 19, 2020, 08:00 AM

JohnCourage

Read the Alex Fletcher boxset a few months ago. Survival fiction based on a flu pandemic that I thought was strangely familiar to current events.

November 19, 2020, 12:53 PM

mjlennon

The Right to Bear Arms: After the Riots Begin by Mike Foster MD