Ah, yes, adapt the incomplete work of a fantasy writer who’s noticeably slower than George RR Martin, yep, that’s the ticket.

It’s a great world, but there’s actually not a ton of movement in the novels—particularly the second. See Kvothe travel. See Kvothe do stuff other people can’t do. See everyone go “wow.”Go back…

Uh, what? First, you’re responding to a two-year-old post. Second, I’m not sure how your comment responds to what I’ve said since I was writing about California.

Sweetie, I stopped reading your response about two paragraphs in. Yes, intent is inferred (divined? Really—she’s not the Oracle at Delphi) from what’s actually said and Atwood’s intent s clear to most readers, just not to you.

By the way, if you want someone to actually read what you write, leave the name-calling at…

I’m sorry that you’ve had years of training and missed something as basic as Atwood’s point. If it makes you feel any better, it’s probably not your fault—the teaching philosophy that everybody’s viewpoint is valid has led to poor critical thinking skills among a younger generation.

You’re basically bringing *your*…

I disagree. She’s broken in that she no longer tries to escape—it’s implied that Offred probably does.

I think, frankly, you don’t understand the book. Sorry.

But she’s not free. She’s a sex slave, just more blatantly so than Offred. It’s clear that Moira’s a tragic figure.

Yeah, Moira’s fate isn’t positive—the sense is that she’s not going to make it. She has even fewer protections than Offred.

Stephen Hawking isn’t an expert on evolution or even biology.

Anyway, some evolutionary adaptations happen surprisingly fast (for evolution). The lung adaptations to survive and procreate at high elevations are estimated to have taken less than 3,000 years in the case of Tibetans.

Yes, dear, it’s ALL HYPOTHETICAL. Got that?

Neither logic nor reason is involved with your hypothetical here. It’s simply speculation as to what could go wrong on the very off chance that a society that has the interest and skill in bringing this girl back from the bead would then promptly abandon her.

Yes, and? I really doubt that she’ll be thawed and brought back from the dead unless something’s in place for her.

You really are borrowing trouble here.

These would be issues, but no more than they are now with any 14-year-old orphan. It’s the sort of thing we could handle now. So, yes, if there’s anything like our current system, she’d have a court-appointed guardian until she reaches adulthood (currently 18). Who knows how education will work at that point—though…

A 14-year-old would be young enough that she could learn and adapt to future technologies. I’d say she’d have a better shot at managing in the future than a 50-year-old.

One key thing—and probably the only thing Arnie did right—he pushed through that proposition that got rid of gerrymandering. Little did he know that the end gerrymandering meant a supermajority of Democrats in the CA legislature. The reason we function now is that the Republicans can no longer mire us in endless…

Yes! This is the first good news I’ve seen since Tuesday. I would watch any film he made.

Why is it that you don’t think people should have the right to make their own medical decisions? Why is it that you know nothing about the reality of late-term abortions?

Eugenics? Because women don’t want to die of eclampsia? Because a fetus is nonviable?

You know nothing. Bow your head in shame.

Oh, I see, but you think you should have that choice, but no one else. Because that’s what you did when you voted for Trump. *You* decided that people couldn’t make their own damn medical decisions.

You don’t *get* to rescue your wife if she’s dying of pre-eclampsia. Your daughter doesn’t get to have an abortion if she…

Yeah, condemning a woman to death because she has eclampsia—that’s real humane.

Idiots like you have NO idea what these late-term abortions are about.

You want the abortion rate to drop? Then vote for politicians who make sure women can afford adequate pre-natal care and have a means to raise a child.

Abortion rates…

Yeah, it pushed various bits of plausibility (i.e. underwater zombies), but WW Z actually had an arc that kind of made sense. The Girl with all the Gifts is another good one.