Blogs about: Oryx And Crake
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One of the themes of Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake seems to be conditionality. Many of Snowman’s day-to-day thoughts revolve around an obsession with conditionalities: “He’d be legendary, if ther… more →
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The Year of the Flood
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Kimberly wrote 1 week ago: The Year of the Flood, Margaret Atwood’s newest novel, takes place in the desolate future of h … more →
The Year of the Flood: Margaret, what were you thinking?
annacreates wrote 2 weeks ago: Let me begin by saying that I love Margaret Atwood. The dream of touching the hands that created suc … more →
How faithful do you need to be?
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Brian Bethune wrote 2 weeks ago: The English and those who trace their lineage, or at least their language, to Shakespeare’s sceptred … more →
I love this rendition of Jimmy in Atwood's Oryx and Crake
Margaret Atwood Lecture at MIT (Allison Carruth)
Allison wrote 3 weeks ago: You may find this Atwood lecture from 2004 illuminating in the context of our discussion of Oryx and … more →
Who's the goon in Pigoons? (Paul Bindel)
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Paul wrote 4 weeks ago: After a 2005 reaming by Greenpeace, food-archvillain Monsanto pulled out of a pig gene-marker-patent … more →
Oryx and Crake (the band)
ryanpeoples wrote 1 month ago: It’s been a long time coming, but I’m finally getting to a place where I have achieved e … more →
It's Monday! What Are You Reading?
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tolmsted wrote 1 month ago: It’s Monday! – and here is what I’ve been up to: I posted A Discussion of Two Novels by Margaret Atw … more →
Book Review: The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
jenniferastle wrote 1 month ago: We all have that author. That author who has shaped our perceptions of fiction (or non-fiction, per … more →
A Discussion of Two Novels by Margaret Atwood: Oryx and Crake (print) & The Year of the Flood (audio)
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tolmsted wrote 1 month ago: Note – One of the pleasures of reading Oryx and Crake & The Year of the Flood comes from the dis … more →
I read: "The Year of the Flood" by Margaret Atwood
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reidmccarter wrote 1 month ago: “The two of them had pet names for each other. She’d call him Crake, he’d call her … more →
Margaret Atwood in Edinburgh
Griselda Murray Brown wrote 2 months ago: The Flood that Margaret Atwood brought to an already soggy Charlotte Square gardens was, in fact, a … more →
Thoughts on Oryx and Crake (2003) by Margaret Atwood
David Hebblethwaite wrote 2 months ago: Something has been niggling me about Oryx and Crake ever since I finished reading it. I’ve bee … more →
The Year of the Flood
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Heather wrote 2 months ago: I’ve just started The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood. I pre-ordered it from Chapters and … more →
The Year of the Flood
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Laura Schmidt wrote 2 months ago: Eeek! A few days away from the release of Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood and I am soo … more →
Margaret Atwood's Latest
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Nick wrote 2 months ago: The Telegraph interviews Margaret Atwood about her latest novel The Year of the Flood, which happens … more →
New short story up
John wrote 3 months ago: “Let Me In, Let Me In” was salvaged from the opening sequence of Ragazze Finali, origina … more →
Book Review: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
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Rebecca @ The Book Lady's Blog wrote 3 months ago: Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake opens with the main character, who has renamed himself Snowma … more →
Wolvog!
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Josh wrote 4 months ago: As part of my book club in Boston, we read Margaret Atwood’s book, Oryx and Crake, a dystopian … more →
