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With the same stunning blend of prophecy and social satire she brought to her classic <b>The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale</b><i>,</i> Margaret Atwood gives us a keenly prescient novel about the future of humanity&#8212;and its present. <br><br>Humanity here equals Snowman, and in Snowman&#8217;s recollections Atwood re-creates a time much like our own, when a boy named Jimmy loved an elusive, damaged girl called Oryx and a sardonic genius called Crake. But now Snowman is alone, and as we learn why we also learn about a world that could become ours one day.

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Oryx and Crake: Atwood's Dystopian Future

bylambchops Nov 22, 2005
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Pros Interesting story, Jimmy/Snowman is a fascinating character, very timely topic...
Cons No real answers, no real science, not enough attention on Oryx...
Recommended it? Yes

Margaret Atwood writes two distinct types of novels. She's probably best known for her female-centered mysteries like Lady Oracle, Cat's Eye, The Edible Woman, and Booker Prize winner The Blind Assassin. The Canadian author has written over ten books and has assembled a number of poetry anthologies... Read full review »

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Gene-Splicing Run Amok - A Different Kind of Atwood

bymizgnomer Jul 6, 2003
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Pros Thought-provoking. Sometimes chilling, sometimes humorous. A good read.
Cons Takes the entire book to answer the question you will ask in chapter 1...
Recommended it? Yes

My first experience with Margaret Atwood's body of work was when I read "The Handmaid's Tale", a chilling book that really moved and affected me. When I heard that her latest book, Oryx and Crake, was along the same lines as "The Handmaid's Tale", I knew that I had to read it immediately.

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Sidekick to the Mad Genius

byscmrak Jan 30, 2004
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Pros Few writers can compare to Atwood on style
Cons Her message is perhaps a bit overwrought
Recommended it? Yes

There's something about staring one's mortality in the face - personally or as a species - that humans seem to find eternally fascinating. That's probably why the apocalypse in its many guises is a staple of science fiction. It makes no difference whether the end of the world arrives as a covey of... Read full review »

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ISBN13: 9780385721677. ISBN10: 0385721676. by Margaret Atwood. Published by Random House, Inc.. Edition: 03

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A new work by the Booker Prize-winning author of The Blind Assassin and Alias Grace is set in a future world that has been devastated by a series of ecological and scientific disasters. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.

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Authors Margaret Atwood
Awards 2003 Man Booker Prize

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New Yorker: "ORYX AND CRAKE is a roller-coaster ride. The book proceeds from terrifying grimness, through lonely mournfulness, until, midway, a morbid silliness begins sporadically to assert itself, like someone, exhausted by bad news, hysterically succumbing to giggles at a funeral."

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PaperbackReprint400March 01, 2004Anchor Books8"(h) x 5.25"(w) x 1"(d), 0.64 lbs.9780385721677

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