Hugonauts: The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time

The Handmaid's Tale - A chilling, theocratic dystopian classic!

Episode Summary

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is one of the best dystopian novels of all time! It's a fully realized, dark, and disturbing world of theocratic control and misogyny, explored through a masterfully written book.

Episode Notes

The story is told via the diary of a Handmaid - a young woman living in Gilead, an extremely repressive, patriarchal society that has taken over the United States. We explore the dark world through her eyes, and follow her struggle to express herself, escape, or just take control back over any part of her life. 

What are the rules of this brutal society? And will the Handmaid ever see the people she loves again?

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• Related books we recommend:
  • 1984 - https://amzn.to/3Y71TMO
  • The Testaments - https://amzn.to/3XTM1Oa
  • Brave New World - https://amzn.to/3kW4CKM
  • Never Let Me Go - https://amzn.to/3DsPFWP

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