Erik Reuter wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 12:44:51PM -0400, Bryon Daly wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:03:39 -0400, Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:45:57PM +0900, G. D. Akin wrote:
> > >
> > > > My question is this: what makes a book/story SF?
> > >
> > > Simple. It should be fiction, and it should involve science or
something
> > > related to science in some major or minor way!
> >
> > So by this classification, would you consider Atwood's "The Handmaid's
> > Tale" not to be SF?
>
> Haven't read it. Heard a couple things, not sure if they are true. Most
> women infertile? Why? Was there a (at least somewhat) scientific
> explanation given?

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Environmental/ecological issues.

Read it.  Scarier than Stephen King (IMO), but the monsters are human.

George A



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