..."As everyone knows, there's nothing like apocalypse to make a person introspective."

raccoon

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Wed Sep-23-09 09:00 AM
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..."As everyone knows, there's nothing like apocalypse to make a person introspective."

I read this statement in a reader's review of Margaret Atwood's latest book.

http://www.amazon.com/Year-Flood-Novel-Margaret-Atwood/dp/0385528779/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253712548&sr=8-1

Well, no, I didn't know that, but it does make a sense. Maybe that's why so many people, including myself, like apocalyptic literature.

I think part of it's thinking, What would I do if I were faced with an epidemic of superflu/zombies, whatever? Would I have the "right stuff" to be one of the survivors?

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