Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
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This is a great book that I would’ve never heard of if it weren’t for my English professor this semester. I was in a class called “Ghosts of Our Ecological Past”, taught by Christine Battista at Binghamton University. It was without a doubt the most interesting class that I’ve taken. The main theme behind the course was radical ecology and it’s three branches: ecofeminism, social ecology, and deep ecology. I would be more than happy to go in depth on each branch in via comments if anyone would like to have a conversation on the subject. Oryx and Crake is about a post modern world where corporations have caused an apocolyptic event.
I’m not your typical college liberal, yet I am certainly against transnationals. Small corporations that are set up simply as a way to gather additional startup funds etc. I have no problems with; companies such as Dow Chemicals and Monsanto are another thing. This book is great for anyone that likes environmentalism, anti-corporatism, science fiction, or futuristic types of novels. It is written in a way that jumps between time periods while slowly working towards the central problem and the storylines begin to come together. I originally got into the book expecting to read it as if it were a textbook but I quickly realized it was a very entertaining novel. As a voracious reader I would rate this book 10/10, an absolute must read. I am amazed that this book did not receive more publicity when it was written based on the quality of the novel. Get it here: Oryx and Crake;.