The Handmaid’s Tale
Margaret Atwood · first published 1985
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Jeffrey Wasserstrom on Lex Fridman Podcast (2025-04-24): mention
“…There’s a clarity to Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale…”
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Elizabeth Cox on 80,000 Hours Podcast (2024-11-21): mention
“…When I read The Handmaid’s Tale — I think what really struck me about it was that obviously, it’s very dystopian…”
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Ian Morris on 80,000 Hours Podcast (2023-10-23): mention
“…the author of The Handmaid's Tale and all kinds of other really amazingly good books…”
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Slavoj Žižek on Conversations with Tyler (2020-01-08): critique
“…That's why I don't like the novel — this will again hurt some of you — Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale.…”
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Slavoj Žižek on Conversations with Tyler (2020-01-08): mention
“…a reference to Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale, where it was clear to me…”
Slavoj Žižek on His Stubborn Attachment to Communism (Ep. 84 - BONUS)
Daniel Pink on The Tim Ferriss Show (2018-06-26): recommend
“…I read The Handmaid’s Tale for the first time. I was, sort of, 30 years late to it, but I read, and I loved that book.…”