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Duer 157099

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1. Having not read The Handmaid's Tale

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Sat May 12, 2012, 12:18 AM

May 2012

I'm not sure why Gilead is so sinister.

It is the name of a biotech company, presumably that developed the drug. Gilead Biosciences. Or at least it used to be called that.

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I just saw a picture of the new anti-HIV drug [View all] jmowreader May 2012 OP

Having not read The Handmaid's Tale Duer 157099 May 2012 #1

Gilead is the name of the country in The Handmaid's Tale jmowreader May 2012 #6

there are no coincidences SwampG8r May 2012 #2

Spam deleted by Violet_Crumble (MIR Team) Kaite12 May 2012 #3

It's not new. It's part of the cocktail for folk w/ HIV. xchrom May 2012 #4

Before I read Atwood, I knew the word 'Gilead' from such literary sorces as the Bible, Bluenorthwest May 2012 #5