Re:The only way of being anonymous in Sweden is illegal
by impossiblefork on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @02:10PM
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As someone who lived partially in this era and had parents who very ḿuch lived in this era, you're wrong.
Take one of the Agaton Sax books, a detective story. It's completely inconceivable in our present society.
Re:The only way of being anonymous in Sweden is illegal
by renewiltord on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @03:42PM
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I haven't read those. What about those books are inconceivable?
Re:The only way of being anonymous in Sweden is illegal
by impossiblefork on Thursday October 27, 2022 @02:01AM
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The general attitude in Byköping, the manner in which the villains behave and the inherent foreignness of Agaton Sax's adversaries.
Re:The only way of being anonymous in Sweden is illegal
by renewiltord on Thursday November 03, 2022 @07:26PM
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I bought the first book. Let me have a look.
Not like 2001 : A Space Odyssey is about what the world is like in 2001 but it sort of reflects the assumptions of the world at that time. For instance, there are no smartphones in that world.
Anyway, Swedish contemporary literature of that time doesn't tell such a picture which makes me think this is more a factor of an individual experience rather than what that society was like.