tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post3333395907554506653..comments2024-03-09T13:49:30.039+05:30Comments on Variety SF: Margaret Atwood's "Stone Mattress" (short story, non-genre, free): A woman abused as a teenager gets her revengeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-30983282746403861902012-02-27T15:26:39.713+05:302012-02-27T15:26:39.713+05:30This blog is about what?? I am unable to understan...This blog is about what?? I am unable to understand. Can anyone tell me the purpose of this blog post.<br /><a href="http://www.themattressprotectorcompany.com/" rel="nofollow">mattress protector</a>carrhallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04597941795592045273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-86305181956503715412012-02-09T00:57:08.755+05:302012-02-09T00:57:08.755+05:30I found this story mannered and dull, if not dysto...I found this story mannered and dull, if not dystopian. A woman, now fully in control of things, waits until the end of her life to gain bloody revenge on, apparently, all of the men who ever abused her -- those who introduced her, against her will, to sex; those who bored her in marriage; and, if this story is the precursor to a novel, probably scores of others. Atwood is marvelous, and full of humor, when she creates fully realized characters with whom the reader can identify. She is preachy and dull when she dabbles in science fiction or creates flat, highly plotted characters such as the protagonist here. "The first thing we do, let's kill all the men."Rolsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17067363775371271232noreply@blogger.com