Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) in Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library

Aug 31, 2011 Peter rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: general-fiction, sciencefiction

This book actually haunted my dreams a bit (had a few fitful night's sleep dreaming of Crakers and the extinction of humans). I enjoyed the way the story unfolded from the past-perspective and the present simultaneously and found the foreshadowing very effective. The themes (overpopulation, environmental and social degradation, class divisions, etc...) are certainly timely and I found it a very satisfying, engrossing read, which has made me want to read more Margaret Atwood--this being the first ...more

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Sep 08, 2008 Dan rated it it was amazing

I'll never forget the image of the genetically-modified humans' sex organs turning blue right on schedule, according to their biological clocks. The importance of this temporary color change cannot be understated; how else would they know it's time for them to procreate, and to identify which of their potential partners are available?

The quest to perfect humanity has led to a dystopian future in which only one genetically unmodified human remains. He spends much of his time recalling the events ...more

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Aug 27, 2007 Sarah Sammis rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: pc, read-in-2003, scifi

It's quite a page turner! Snowman reminds me of Romulus from The Caveman's Valentine. In fact the entire narrational tone of Oryx and Crake reminds me of The Caveman's Valentine even though their narratives are quite different. ...more

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Jul 11, 2011 Peggy rated it really liked it

Thoughtful science fiction about gene-splicing and other instances of humans playing god on our own species. Dark, funny, thought-provoking, and intelligent.

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