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Library, Archives & Media Center > Summer Reading > Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

June 8, 2010 by Melissa Rushing

Oryx and CrakeAlmost anything from Margaret Atwood is a good read. The world is heading in this direction. Fictional, but possible future if we keep messing around with DNA, GMOs and cloning while killing off species with our foolishness and need for more.

Editor’s note: Oryx and Crake is the prequel to The Year of the Flood.

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Review Submitted by: Kathy Lewin
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  1. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood | The SMCM Library Reading Circle says:
    August 12, 2014 at 4:06 pm

    […] dystopias, and one can find different germs of various elements of dystopia from her more recent Madaddam trilogy in Offred’s narrative. An utterly haunting book that showcases some of Atwood’s […]

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