Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
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In Atwood's novel of the future, the narrator, Snowman, mourns the loss of his companions Oryx and Crake as he, himself, slowly starves in a wasteland once the home of people and now the home of insects, pigoons and wolvogs. Snowman tries to understand the events that led to the decline of the world he knew.
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Literary Fiction, friendship, fantasy, genetic engineering, fiction, science fiction, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Open Syllabus Project, Long Now Manual for Civilization, romance, relationships, New York Times reviewed, Male friendship, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, romance, general, Friendship, fiction, New york (state), fiction, Man-woman relationships, fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, fantasy, general, series:MaddAddam, Canadian fiction (fictional works by one author)People
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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 journey–with the help of the green-eyed Children of Crake–through 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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