
The second section, "Other Deliberations", is made up of ten essays/reviews of works and authors such as George Orwell, Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, H. Rider Haggard's She, and HG Wells. There's a great sentence where Atwood notes that the line "Do it to Julia!" - Winston's ultimate cop-out in 1984 - became a catchphrase at her house when one wanted to avoid "onerous duties" (p 145).
My favorite part of the book was the third section, a selection of five of Atwood's shorter pieces including "The Peach Women of Aa'A" from The Blind Assassin - the short story within the story within the story. Loved the "Cryogenics: A Symposium" story.
This was also the first time I managed to catch-up with the Bookrageous podcast book club (just search iTunes or Podbean, etc. for Bookrageous if you haven't caught up with this great podcast created by book-lovers for book-lovers - as they say: "We're serious about books, but not exactly serious.")
Bonus: In Other Worlds is dedicated to Ursula K. LeGuin.
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