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  • TheFantastic
  • 11-14-17

I was recommended this...

This allegory is amazingly flawed. I was hoping for something to give me a socialist perspective. I was very disappointed.

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  • Peter
  • 07-13-17

Still relevant today

Classic and still so relevant. enjoyable from start to finish. Will reread time after time.