Oryx and Crake

Oryx and Crake

Brilliant & rich dystopian vision of the near future

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Erik Torenberg
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@hueypriest have you read more Atwood? I've really wanted to get into her but I've been unable to. I'm going to give this a try. @annewootton is a big Atwood fan!
erik Martin
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@eriktorenberg Yep, read them all. One of my favorite authors!
Ty Martin
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Loved Oryx and Crake, but the sequel, Year of the Flood, was so painful it put me off of reading fiction for 3 months.
Alex Cragg
@tymrtn In what way painful? I loved the whole trilogy, it's one of my favourite fantasy worlds.
Ty Martin
Turfly
@epicalex torturously long, decadent poetry, hymns, songs and mostly focused on a dull, naive character. Then again, I'm not a LotR guy either (same reasons), so maybe it's just not in my wheelhouse! Did you like LotR?
Alex Cragg
@tymrtn funnily enough I'm not a LotR guy for exactly those reasons you list!
Ty Martin
Turfly
@epicalex haha, well did you just skip over the boring parts of Year of the Flood then?
Alex Cragg
@tymrtn I actually found them (the hymns) quite interesting as a kind of alternative reading of a Christian religion. As an atheist I enjoyed how they almost felt like a parody. That and I can never bring myself to skip anything in a book ;)