orynx and crake (margaret atwood)
margaret atwood's latest book predicts yet another future. not a social apocolypse where women are returned to thier inferior status, but a scientific one. armed with the latest data in gene splicing, food manufacturing and cosmetic surgury, atwood takes these present day visions to the next level and paints a dreary and believable picture of how the world created geniuses whose visions destroyed everything.
the book is told through the eyes of a man who survives the apocolypse, from his childhood, to the reason for the change, to the events themselves and then to the aftermath, switching back and forth between present and past. the presnt narrative offers clues to the past and vice versa, keeping the reader always interested and always thinking. i tried to make as many connections as i could predicting why what happened had happened and how these characters were a part of it.
the world she creates, both before the major event and after it, disgusted me, but at the same time, was extremely clever, as i saw many of its roots in science today. combining wolves and dog genes, so a pomoranian has the looks of the dog but the personality of the wolf, using them as gaurd dogs and misleading intruders. creating a "chicken" that grows wings, breasts and thighs in membranes connected by a brain deprived of everything but the growth hormone, no eyes, no legs, no feathers and no pain receptors so it can feel no pain. organically grown food is only for the extremely rich. the images and mores of this society is so richly painted, that i really couldn't help but be sucked in. it was like driving by a horrific car wreck.
i would reccomend this book to any and all. excellent story telling. when the end approaches and a lot of the questions you had are answered, you can really appriciate the frameword of her story and the reasons the characters did what they did.
if anyones does have the chance to read it, please let me know what you thought. this would be an perfect book club book, as there are so many sides to the story, the reasoning and the morals of the characters.
the book is told through the eyes of a man who survives the apocolypse, from his childhood, to the reason for the change, to the events themselves and then to the aftermath, switching back and forth between present and past. the presnt narrative offers clues to the past and vice versa, keeping the reader always interested and always thinking. i tried to make as many connections as i could predicting why what happened had happened and how these characters were a part of it.
the world she creates, both before the major event and after it, disgusted me, but at the same time, was extremely clever, as i saw many of its roots in science today. combining wolves and dog genes, so a pomoranian has the looks of the dog but the personality of the wolf, using them as gaurd dogs and misleading intruders. creating a "chicken" that grows wings, breasts and thighs in membranes connected by a brain deprived of everything but the growth hormone, no eyes, no legs, no feathers and no pain receptors so it can feel no pain. organically grown food is only for the extremely rich. the images and mores of this society is so richly painted, that i really couldn't help but be sucked in. it was like driving by a horrific car wreck.
i would reccomend this book to any and all. excellent story telling. when the end approaches and a lot of the questions you had are answered, you can really appriciate the frameword of her story and the reasons the characters did what they did.
if anyones does have the chance to read it, please let me know what you thought. this would be an perfect book club book, as there are so many sides to the story, the reasoning and the morals of the characters.
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