false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg 6080337 12 6257025 book 22 9 2009 The Year of the Flood: A Novel total:1165|5:295|4:546|3:247|2:56|1:21| 1165 4533 3691 425 6080337 0385528779 9780385528771 1129 411 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080337.The_Year_of_the_Flood 5 3 false Mon Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 13 05:29:15 -0700 2009 Sat Dec 12 07:37:30 -0800 2009 after reading Oryx and Crake, I would have missed so many things - little nuisances, passing comments made by the characters... it just enriched the earlier story and brought so much depth, context, and elegance. Like looking at the Rubin's vase ...more...]]> 6080337 0385528779 9780385528771 1129 411 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080337.The_Year_of_the_Flood 4 28 false Thu Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun May 10 16:37:02 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 27 06:46:59 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 6080337 0385528779 9780385528771 1129 411 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080337.The_Year_of_the_Flood 5 8 false Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 07:10:08 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 15:27:02 -0700 2009 Oryx and Crake. Though I believe Flood would stand alone pretty well, I think you'd be doing yourself a disservice if you read it first.

I really loved everything about this book. I liked it more than Oryx and Crake, but at the same time I believe it make...more...]]> 6080337 0385528779 9780385528771 1129 411 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080337.The_Year_of_the_Flood 4 0 false Fri Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 12:17:52 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 12:25:23 -0800 2009 ...more...]]> 6080337 0385528779 9780385528771 1129 411 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080337.The_Year_of_the_Flood 3 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Dec 05 11:54:51 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 11:55:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6080337 0385528779 9780385528771 1129 411 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080337.The_Year_of_the_Flood 5 0 false Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 12:07:11 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 12:07:11 -0800 2009 if you like the following, check out this book:

post-apocalyptic fiction with a positive twist
strong female characters
philosophical musing about humanity’s tendency for both good and evil, but done in an organic way that is not jarring
page-turning e...more...]]> 6080337 0385528779 9780385528771 1129 411 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080337.The_Year_of_the_Flood 4 1 false Thu Oct 29 12:07:38 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 12:14:07 -0700 2009
i loved this book as mu...more...]]> 6080337 0385528779 9780385528771 1129 411 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080337.The_Year_of_the_Flood 4 0 false Wed Oct 28 07:34:33 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 07:49:00 -0700 2009
This newest Atwood is by no means a disappointment to the devoted fan, or to the casual reader. If you've read Oryx and Crake, this book will fill in some gaps and provide an actual ending to the story of Jimmy (Snowman...more...]]> 6080337 0385528779 9780385528771 1129 411 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080337.The_Year_of_the_Flood 3 0 false Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 02:51:30 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 02:52:21 -0700 2009
Summary: A plague has wiped out the majority of the world and the God's Gardeners cult had been preparing for the end-times (the Waterless Flood) all along. Two women, who were members of God's Gardeners have survived the plague. One, Ren, because s...more...]]> 6709783 1408804859 9781408804858 12 2 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6709783-the-year-of-the-flood 4 1 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 12:44:56 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 12:47:47 -0700 2009 Oryx and Crake; though The Year of the Flood is not so much a sequel to it as a companion novel, taking place as it does in more or less the same timeframe. It’s not essential to have read the older book to comprehend the n...more...]]> 6080337 0385528779 9780385528771 1129 411 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080337.The_Year_of_the_Flood 0 0 false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 12:02:14 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 12:02:14 -0700 2009 THE CAPSIZING ARK
Nisi Shawl

Review of The Year of the Flood
By Margaret Atwood
Nan A. Talese

Is it possible to prevent a planet-scale ecocatastrophe? What would the consequences of preventing such an event be? Would those consequences be acceptable? Iconic Canad...more...]]> 6080337 0385528779 9780385528771 1129 411 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080337.The_Year_of_the_Flood 5 0 false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 19:32:48 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 19:34:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6080337 0385528779 9780385528771 1129 411 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080337.The_Year_of_the_Flood 5 4 true Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 11:19:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 11:19:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6080337 0385528779 9780385528771 1129 411 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080337.The_Year_of_the_Flood 4 2 false Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 11:16:59 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 12:19:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6080337 0385528779 9780385528771 1129 411 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080337.The_Year_of_the_Flood 5 1 false Sun Oct 11 07:36:32 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 07:44:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6080337 0385528779 9780385528771 1129 411 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080337.The_Year_of_the_Flood 5 4 false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 08:22:56 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 08:38:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6080337 0385528779 9780385528771 1129 411 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080337.The_Year_of_the_Flood 5 3 false Sun Oct 04 16:06:39 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 16:06:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6080337 0385528779 9780385528771 1129 411 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080337.The_Year_of_the_Flood 3 1 false Sat Oct 03 07:12:46 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 08:26:23 -0700 2009 Oryx and Crake, Atwood imbues The Year of the Flood with her deep, dramatic vision of the devastation wrought by our destruction of Earth. Most critics bought into this richly envisioned cautionary tale, "part Hieronymus Bosch, part A Clockwork Orange" (New York Times), while acknowl...more...]]> 6080337 0385528779 9780385528771 1129 411 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080337.The_Year_of_the_Flood 4 3 false Mon Sep 28 08:53:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 09:02:05 -0700 2009 Oryx and Crake nicely. Though Oryx and Crake involved a mass extinction of the human race, it felt kind of cold and detached. The Year of the Flood gives us the story of the masses in the pleebs who are widely disregarded b...more...]]> 6080337 0385528779 9780385528771 1129 411 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634845m/6080337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080337.The_Year_of_the_Flood 4 1 false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 21:53:55 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 22:04:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6080337