Comment on Discussion Thread: Sunday, 9 March 2025
just_kitten@aussie.zone 3 weeks agoAs someone with an interest in linguistics and semantics I absolutely loved it - especially in a family full of men who only think maths and engineering matters
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Suzette Haden Elgin’s Native Tongue series would be right up your alley
just_kitten@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Ooh thanks for the recommendation, it really does sound exactly like what I’d be interested in. Will hunt it down on libraries
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
3 books in total. The first two I strongly recommend. The third one I found to be weaker. Warning - they’re a confronting read. But if you could cope with the Handmaid’s Tale then these are probably fine.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
The synopsis definitely reads like a harder edged version of Handmaid’s Tale. We read that for literature in year 7 or 8 (still not really coping with the reality of it coming to pass in my lifetime).