### Amazon.com Review In _Oryx and Crake_ , a science fiction novel that is more Swift than Heinlein, more cautionary tale than "fictional science" (no flying cars here), Margaret Atwood depicts a near-future world that turns from the merely horrible to the horrific, from a fool's paradise to a bio
Oryx and Crake: A Novel
β Scribed by Margaret Atwood
- Publisher
- Random House Digital, Inc.;Anchor
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 221 KB
- Edition
- Reprint
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved. In search of answers, Snowman embarks on a journeywith the help of the green-eyed Children of Crakethrough the lush wilderness that was so recently a great city, until powerful corporations took mankind on an uncontrolled genetic engineering ride. Margaret Atwood projects us into a near future that is both all too familiar and beyond our imagining.
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