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PoindexterOglethorpe

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4. The Postmortal by Drew Magary.
Sun Apr 26, 2020, 01:11 PM
Apr 2020

A cure for aging is invented. Complications ensue.

I'm only about 70 pages in, and so far it's excellent. It's a bit hard to describe, because it's mostly journal entries by a man who goes for the Cure at the very beginning, and I know by peaking ahead it will cover some 60 years of time, from 2019 to 2079. But at this point in the novel, only a few weeks have passed. To say the Cure is controversial is an extreme understatement. Violence has broken out between those who want it legalized and those who want it totally banned. It's illegal in most places, and so early on that those who've gotten it are not at all obvious to anyone.

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The Postmortal by Drew Magary. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #4
That sounds really interesting hermetic Apr 2020 #6
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Right hermetic Apr 2020 #12
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Lovely hermetic Apr 2020 #7
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Cute, eh? hermetic Apr 2020 #13
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Hi! hermetic Apr 2020 #18
I posted a video interview she had last year that is really great. I will post it here. TexasProgresive Apr 2020 #19
Great interview! hermetic Apr 2020 #22
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