# Whatcha reading Feb. (09) edition

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**Created:** [January 31, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-reading-feb-09-edition/483898 "2009-01-31T19:49:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-reading-feb-09-edition/483898/161 "2009-02-26T22:41:05Z")

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I just finished reading _The Pleasures of a Futuroscope_ by Lord Dunsany. It’s a postapocalyptic story…I wouldn’t call it “science fiction”, but it’s not the typical Dunsanian high fantasy.

It’s of interest to completists, and it’s interesting to see a Dunsanian approach to postapocalyptic SF, but in reality it’s pretty skippable. If you want to get a similar flavor with better writing, you’d be better off tracking down some of the propaganda he did during WWI.

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