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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)

Margaret Atwood

Start date: April 1, 2011

Finish date: May 1, 2011

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Feb 11, 2012 Annet rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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How can someone make up such a fascinating and terrifying story? Wow.... I absolutely loved it. It took me some time to take this book from my book shelves, it was there already some time, it seemed a bit weird, but after having read the Handmaid's Tale, I took up the challenge and it was well, well worthed. An apocalyptic story about a guy who seems to have remained as the sole human alive after an epidemic catastrophy leading to mankind going down. Together with the weird Crake's children he s ...more

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Jun 14, 2021 Netanella rated it it was amazing

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This book slayed me. Completely and utterly.

Reading this is my first experience with an Atwood novel, and if not for its being the BOTM for the WotF group here on Goodreads, I probably would not have read it. So 'yay group' for picking this book!

It's a near future dystopia, dominated by scientific organizations dedicated to genetically engineering their way to a better world and higher profits. The corporations are competitive and ruthless, walled off in secure Compounds, away from the unwashed ...more

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Oct 17, 2013 Dustin Manning rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

What an incredible novel. I have to sit with this one for a few before I can write a truly deserving review. I can say that I cannot wait to read the remaining two in the series.

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Aug 30, 2013 Devin rated it it was amazing

Even by dystopian standards, this is a dark tale. Margaret Atwood follows through on the logical outcome of rampant corporatism and the effects of environmental and biological destruction. And weaves in a tragic love story along the way. Easily a _Brave New World_ for this current era and a tantalizing start to what promises to be a thrilling trilogy.

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