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LittleBlue

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3. It's your standard dystopian survival fiction

Reply to LibDemAlways (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 8, 2013, 03:09 PM

Nov 2013

Been done to death before, too. Lord of the Flies, Battle Royale, etc.

It's an addictive genre for young people who haven't been exposed to it. The writing in Hunger Games is mediocre.

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Hunger Games Theme Parks Are Coming, Because Nothing Says Fun Like Children Fighting to the Death [View all] Brainstormy Nov 2013 OP

My teenage daughter talked me into LibDemAlways Nov 2013 #1

It's your standard dystopian survival fiction LittleBlue Nov 2013 #3

It's a story of the 1% unleashed, it should be creepy and disturbing, the culture we live in is Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #4

Ever seen the web TV show, "Job Hunters"? FSogol Nov 2013 #2

I bet their berry smoothies are to die for. winter is coming Nov 2013 #5