The librarians pay homage to the paragon of Canadian novelists, Margaret Atwood, and her classic novel The Handmaid's Tale. In this episode: the real-world people and events that inspired the dystopian tale, a darkly beautiful Emmy Award-winning show with a star-studded cast and questionable dramatic timing, a discussion of whether The Handmaid's Tale is a work of speculative fiction or sci-fi (though not of the squids-talking-in-space variety), and a warning for lazy readers (hint: the "afterword" is actually part of the book!).
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