How Novelists Predicted Our Surveillance Society
Explore how literary giants like Orwell, Atwood and Borges foresaw mass surveillance, the metaverse and 'MAGA' politics. Discover what their dystopian visions teach us about our present.
Explore how literary giants like Orwell, Atwood and Borges foresaw mass surveillance, the metaverse and 'MAGA' politics. Discover what their dystopian visions teach us about our present.
Explore how literary giants like Orwell, Atwood, and Borges foresaw mass surveillance, the metaverse, and 'MAGA' politics decades before they became reality. What can their dystopian visions teach us today?
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Original Bionic Woman actress Lindsay Wagner emerges from privacy at 76, sharing her philosophy on ageing and reflecting on her iconic television role that changed science fiction forever.
Cult author Chris Kraus breaks from her signature style in a surprising new novel that blends fiction with art criticism, challenging readers and redefining autobiographical writing.
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