http://www.metafilter.com/tags/sinclairlewis Posts tagged with 'sinclairlewis' at MetaFilter. Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:59:57 -0800 Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:59:57 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/47899/American%2DProphet <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2005/12/18/public_enemy/?page=full">PICTURE THIS:</a> <small>A folksy, self-consciously plainspoken Southern politician rises to power during a period of profound unrest in America. The nation is facing one of the half-dozen or so of its worst existential crises to date, and the people, once sunny, confident, and striving, are now scared, angry, and disillusioned. Through a combination of factors -his easy bearing chief among them (along with massive cash donations from Big Business; disorganization in the liberal opposition; a stuffy, aloof opponent; and support from religious fanatics who feel they've been unfairly marginalized)-he wins the presidential election.</small> Ripped from today's headlines? Nope. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Lewis">Sinclair Lewis</a>, <b>Circa 1935: <i>"It Can't Happen Here"</i></b> has been recently <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451525825/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">reissued</a>. But <a href="http://www.american-buddha.com/itcanthappenhere.toc.htm">you can read it here (with free registration)</a> at <a href="http://www.american-buddha.com/">American Buddha</a> (possibly NSFW). <small><small>first link via <a href="http://www.aldaily.com">Arts &amp; Letters Daily</a></small></small> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.47899 Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:59:57 -0800 1935 americanbuddha americanhistory americanpolitics books itcanthappenhere lewis novelists novels sinclairlewis writers spock http://www.metafilter.com/37324/Fascism%2Din%2DAmerica <a href="http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/l/lewis/sinclair/happen/">Fascism in America?</a> <em>It Can't Happen Here</em> is a <a href="http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/l/lewis/sinclair/happen/">masterful satire</a> in which a popular, dimwitted politician rises to dictatorial power on the backs of <a href="http://www.falwell.com/">radio evangelists</a>, opponents of <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2109317/">urban</a>, <a href="http://www.johnkerry.com/">yacht-owning</a>, <a href="http://www.redstate.org/story/2004/11/29/122920/00">college professor</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400054184/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">liberalism</a>, <a href="http://www.redstate.org/">common people</a>, and the Rotary Club. America is pushed into a <a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/twain.html">manufactured war</a> by <a href="http://www.halliburton.com/">all-powerful corporate interests</a>, <a href="http://www.lifeandliberty.gov/">liberties are restricted</a> in the name of <a href="http://www.ready.gov/">national emergency</a>, and all is coordinated by a behind-the-scenes political maestro sometimes called "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471423270/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">the brain</a>." Sound familiar? It's nothing new: the book was written by Sinclair Lewis in <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html">1935</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.37324 Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:39:14 -0800 authors books philosophy politics reading satire sinclairlewis socratic