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Title: What a Downer!
Review: I am a recreational, lifelong science fiction fan. I've read fantasy, soft and hard science fiction and can appreciate the way that a good sci-fi writer can sift through worlds or concepts built on a solid scientific concept that continues to spin out to a plausible conclusion through the writer's imagination. I don't have to get the warm fuzzies to enjoy a good read -- that's for cowards. But all that said, I can't remember when I last read a book that left me so depressed and wishing I had left it on the shelf. The Handmaiden's Tale provides a similar strain of story, where women and men become trapped socially, psychically and physically because human reproduction has ceased to function as naturally as nature intended. But while the Handmaiden's Tale was provocative, Darwin's Radio just left me depressed and down. My recommendation: if your prescription for mood elevating drugs has expired, stay away from this book.
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