About this title: In Margaret Atwood's 11th novel, she returns to the sci-fi concerns and social criticism that propelled THE HANDMAID'S TALE. ORYX AND CRAKE follows the fortunes of a man once named Jimmy, now called Snowman: his present-day life as a scavenger in a blasted world alternates with his memories of his past. The eponymous Oryx is an Asian girl he ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 0385721676 Paperback, Condition: Good; somewhat worn, with some underlining/highlightling within; will work well as a reading copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Large Print
Date Published: 2003-05-06
ISBN-13:9780375432125ISBN:0375432124
Description: Good. A former library book in protective mylar cover with the usual library markings. (Even though we list all former library books as only good, this copy is in Good+ or VG condition! ) No writing or highlighting noted inside. Good binding! read more
bore-x and crake. this is a very all right book. i was just unwowed by it. initially, i liked the pacing of the book, and the way the story was spooling out between the present and past, doling its secrets out in dribs and drabs. but the characters just seemed so flimsy, and i was ultimately left with more questions than explanations. and the cutesy futuristic products and consumer culture bits are best left in the hands of a george saunders, not the queen of the long pen. however - and this maybe counts as a spoiler, but its just a minor plot point that is revealed somewhere in the middle and its not like - "oh - she has a dick!" or "they were dead the whole time", so i say it does not qualify. but riding the train to school today, i understood the potential value for pills given to the public that they would think were to improve their sex lives but were secretly sterilizing them. the thirty or so teenagers that plowed into the train screaming and carousing who then decided that the crowded subway was the best place to get into a full-on hair pulling bitchslap fight cannot be allowed to breed. please give us those pills, geneticists... i will bake you a delicious raspberry pie."
"Revision, 6.26.09: Not that it's that important, but I have changed my rating to 3 stars. The more I thought about it . . . and I'm sure Margaret Atwood will survive the disappointment.
Not since Beloved have I read a book that was so well done but so depressing that I could hardly continue at many points. I thought of giving it 3 stars just because of the sheer misery of the story, but, of course, this is Margaret Atwood, and both the quality of the writing and the details of the story are deserving of more. After reading Beloved, I swore off Tony Morrison and so far haven't read more by that wonderful author, although that's probably an absurd response. I don't think I can do that with Atwood. I've had this book on my shelves for several years but was put off by the dread-inducing tone that was established by the end of page 1. I finally decided to read it because I've heard that her next book, which will come out this fall, will be related somehow to this one. Well, now I'm ready for it. I'll just need to rest a while first."
"It is excellent IF you enjoy reading about possible future scenarios here on eart. A future that does not have aliens, but just of science gone out-of-control. One that makes you think about the way we are headed."
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