Oryx and Crake
3 journalers for this copy...
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
As the story opens, the narrator, who calls himself Snowman, is sleeping in a tree, wearing a dirty old bedsheet, mourning the loss of his beautiful and beloved Oryx and his best friend Crake, and slowly starving to death. In a world in which science-based corporations have recently taken mankind on an uncontrolled genetic-engineering ride, he now searches for supplies in a wasteland. Insects proliferate and pigoons and wolvogs ravage the Pleeblands, where ordinary people once lived, and the Compounds that sheltered the extraordinary. As he tries to piece together what has taken place, the narrative shifts to decades earlier. How did everything fall apart so quickly? Why is Snowman left with nothing but his bizarre memories - alone except for the more-than-perfect, green-eyed Children of Crake, who think of him as a kind of monster? He explores the answers to these questions in the double journey he takes - into his own past and back to Crake's high-tech bubble dome, where the Paradice Project unfolded and the world came to grief.
HARDCOVER DISCARDED LIBRARY BOOK
As the story opens, the narrator, who calls himself Snowman, is sleeping in a tree, wearing a dirty old bedsheet, mourning the loss of his beautiful and beloved Oryx and his best friend Crake, and slowly starving to death. In a world in which science-based corporations have recently taken mankind on an uncontrolled genetic-engineering ride, he now searches for supplies in a wasteland. Insects proliferate and pigoons and wolvogs ravage the Pleeblands, where ordinary people once lived, and the Compounds that sheltered the extraordinary. As he tries to piece together what has taken place, the narrative shifts to decades earlier. How did everything fall apart so quickly? Why is Snowman left with nothing but his bizarre memories - alone except for the more-than-perfect, green-eyed Children of Crake, who think of him as a kind of monster? He explores the answers to these questions in the double journey he takes - into his own past and back to Crake's high-tech bubble dome, where the Paradice Project unfolded and the world came to grief.
HARDCOVER DISCARDED LIBRARY BOOK
sending to csvariation in London (trading for Distant Music)
Mailed today to csvariation in London, England. Enjoy!
This one's off of my wishlist - really looking forward to reading it thanks to Time-traveller!
Journal Entry 5 by CarolineMoon from -- Somewhere in London 🤷♀️ , Greater London United Kingdom on Monday, January 2, 2006
Took me a while to get to this, but it was definitely worth reading.
I was glued to this from when I picked it up, and it has been playing on my mind since then. Books which can realistically deal with these kinds of subjects are rare, and Atwood makes a good attempt, although not perfect. I find her idea of the rich and privileged living permanently in gated communities to be scarily believable.
Thanks for this time-traveler, will be wild releasing at a local OBCZ soon.
(To clear up any confusion - I used to be csvariation, but my shelf got in such a mess that I started over as CarolineMoon)
I was glued to this from when I picked it up, and it has been playing on my mind since then. Books which can realistically deal with these kinds of subjects are rare, and Atwood makes a good attempt, although not perfect. I find her idea of the rich and privileged living permanently in gated communities to be scarily believable.
Thanks for this time-traveler, will be wild releasing at a local OBCZ soon.
(To clear up any confusion - I used to be csvariation, but my shelf got in such a mess that I started over as CarolineMoon)
