tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post7681098082425324544..comments2024-03-12T09:44:18.874-07:00Comments on Howling Frog Books: Warning to the WestJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-6190768555120131242012-11-15T18:18:39.308-08:002012-11-15T18:18:39.308-08:00I should clarify that out of 600 pages in the read...I should clarify that out of 600 pages in the reader, 200 are given over to chunks from Gulag Archipelago, Cancer Ward, and First Circle. The other two-thirds of it looks to be a great variety of stories, speeches, essays, and prose poems--so I am looking forward to it, just disappointed that fully one-third is from books that are easily available.<br /><br />Warning to the West does mostly consist of thoughts about the West--our problems and issues that we won't face. Those haven't gone away, though the USSR has.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-42300259623859831282012-11-14T09:05:57.927-08:002012-11-14T09:05:57.927-08:00Oh, yes, couldn't agree more. I need to read ...Oh, yes, couldn't agree more. I need to read these.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06784890975490896640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-13308274721934276722012-11-13T21:07:42.931-08:002012-11-13T21:07:42.931-08:00Not so much about communism, because yeah, there&#...Not so much about communism, because yeah, there's no more USSR, but about the western countries. He talks a lot about the West's willingness to ignore awful oppression as long as we're getting ours. And a lot of other stuff.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-89303635850331832032012-11-13T16:52:17.885-08:002012-11-13T16:52:17.885-08:00I'm glad to hear about the reader--I was consi...I'm glad to hear about the reader--I was considering buying that. <br /><br />How do you find AS' warnings relevant now, after the fall of the communist system? Just curious. Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06784890975490896640noreply@blogger.com