tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post2648030730948431643..comments2024-03-28T10:41:26.999-06:00Comments on Blood-Red Pencil: Ten Dystopian Novels Inspired by PandemicsDanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-86282780742162621322020-04-15T22:57:19.204-06:002020-04-15T22:57:19.204-06:00Writers imagine to prepare us but we don't lis...Writers imagine to prepare us but we don't listen.Diana Hurwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216220574149672733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-28048150555629512632020-04-15T22:55:54.161-06:002020-04-15T22:55:54.161-06:00I watched that too! The blindfold would be hell. I...I watched that too! The blindfold would be hell. I loved the earlier 1993 version of the Secret Garden. It was so beautifully filmed. Diana Hurwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216220574149672733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-84074162466098448712020-04-15T10:50:16.434-06:002020-04-15T10:50:16.434-06:00I'm with Polly. I don't think I want to re...I'm with Polly. I don't think I want to read about pandemics, although I've been enjoying historicals set around WWI and WWII, so Pale Horse, Pale Rider has some appeal. I read The Stand long ago, and actually thought it was one of the best books Stephen King has written. Maryannwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479027709233807149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-16763991813385075272020-04-15T07:38:35.497-06:002020-04-15T07:38:35.497-06:00Quite a list. I'm not a big dystopian genre re...Quite a list. I'm not a big dystopian genre reader, but I did read The Andromeda Strain years ago, along with almost every other Crichton book. There's also Children of Men by PD James. Even Mad Max movies seem prophetic now. I think the current mantra is "We will get through this," but it is really scary. While living through this, I don't want to read about it.Polly Iyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05729656119287702191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-7584962757169455732020-04-14T21:35:36.593-06:002020-04-14T21:35:36.593-06:00I haven't been able to finish Chronicles of th...I haven't been able to finish Chronicles of the One, which starts out with a devastating plague in book one of the series. Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-7832349432128075232020-04-14T20:40:40.940-06:002020-04-14T20:40:40.940-06:00I've read a lot of these and always thought th...I've read a lot of these and always thought them very scary, but On the Beach by Nevil Shute chilled my bones even more. I'm going back to reading cozy mysteries for a while.Patricia Stolteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192369425956406122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-78584044083035626972020-04-14T08:16:33.194-06:002020-04-14T08:16:33.194-06:00A plethora of books? No doubt. After all, both fic...A plethora of books? No doubt. After all, both fiction and nonfiction draw their content from the human conditionLinda Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056682992943171805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-4826143013726009772020-04-14T06:27:11.212-06:002020-04-14T06:27:11.212-06:00Sounds like a number of those novels are almost pr...Sounds like a number of those novels are almost prophetic. They're definitely positive proof that history repeats itself.Linda Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056682992943171805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-1451168785427115112020-04-14T01:05:27.237-06:002020-04-14T01:05:27.237-06:00Last year I happened to watch The Bird Box on Netf...Last year I happened to watch <i>The Bird Box</i> on Netflix, and then read the book (movie is better by far), and I was totally chilled by our current situation developing in a similar way to the start of that movie. Though, thank goodness we don't have to wear blindfolds and cover up all our windows!<br /><br />I read a lot of Robin Cook as a teenager and 20-something, and I did also think this whole situation could have been channeled straight out of one of his books - I had no idea he had such a recent pandemic novel, though. That's freaky. I might wait a couple of years to read that...<br /><br />My daughter chose <i>The Secret Garden</i> audio book the other day (mainly because she saw the trailer for the movie that was supposed to be coming out this month (now pushed to August)) - I had completely forgotten that everyone dies of cholera at the start of the book (except the main character, of course)! o.O Elle Carter Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02266309723919011181noreply@blogger.com