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The Ruins of earth | Thomas M. Disch
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"Do It For Mama!" by Jerrold J. Mundis

In an American city riven by factional tensions, fuelled by hard-line conservatives and stoked by media disinformation, with riot police on the streets to enforce authoritarian legislation, the Home Guard is controversially ordered in to quell protests, resulting in hundreds of deaths.
So to take my mind off all that, I've read Mundis's prescient 1971 story set in a New York in which dog ownership becomes ⬇️

Bookwomble ... the unlikely flash point for politically-inspired culture wars.
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CarolynM Nicely done 4w
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Judge Dredd: Year Two | Cavan Scott, Matt Smith, Michael Carroll
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In an America riven by factional violence, political in-fighting, gangs, and gun crime, in which human life is held cheap and social cohesion is threatened, a para-military police force rises to enforce the Law, regardless of Justice, to quell protest and protect the vested interest of a rich elite.
So, to distract myself from all that, I thought I'd read a Judge Dredd novel.
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lil1inblue I see what you did there. 😏 14mo
The_Book_Ninja 🤣 14mo
Ruthiella 😂 14mo
Bookwomble @lil1inblue @The_Book_Ninja @Ruthiella The old jokes are the best 😉 14mo
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November, 2019. A bleak dystopian nightmare ruled by mega-corporations in which emotionless androids devoid of empathy struggle for power in a world of diminishing resources and environmental collapse. So, to forget all that, I thought I'd watch Blade Runner.
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vivastory 😂😭😆😭 we're so screwed 6y
Kimberlone Too true 6y
saresmoore Ha! What @vivastory said. 6y
Aimeesue Yep! 😂😂😂 6y
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