tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737574163114157272.post1237989286021925352..comments2023-04-16T06:22:26.489-07:00Comments on The Benterud Bookshelf: "Oryx & Crake" by Margaret Atwood (2003) - REVIEWPrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06350663115395578073noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737574163114157272.post-61956701783308297162010-10-16T07:56:43.994-07:002010-10-16T07:56:43.994-07:00Hia I'm visiting from the hop. Oryx and Crake ...Hia I'm visiting from the hop. Oryx and Crake has been on my TBR pile for about a year. This is making me want to pick it up. Thanks for the review :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737574163114157272.post-114465170485417692010-10-15T10:37:21.370-07:002010-10-15T10:37:21.370-07:00I'm hopping by for the Hop. I like your revie...I'm hopping by for the Hop. I like your review of Onyx and Crate...this is one Margaret Atwood book that I haven't read yet. I'm adding it to my list.<br /><br />Click on my name for my hop link....Laurel-Rain Snowhttp://curlupandread.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/book-blogger-hop-oct-15-18/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737574163114157272.post-21029105780592662932010-10-15T09:05:36.784-07:002010-10-15T09:05:36.784-07:00Have you read her most recent, The Year of the Flo...Have you read her most recent, <i>The Year of the Flood</i>? I haven't--yet--although I have a copy, but I've heard that it's kind of a follow-up to <i>Oryx and Crake</i>.<br /><br />Stopping by from Follow Friday--and following you, now. If you'd like to return the favor, I'm <a href="http://thebookfrog.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">The Book Frog</a><br /><br />Happy reading!<br /><br />BeckyRebecca Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11497012798954379217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737574163114157272.post-59177340792005357672010-10-11T20:06:12.925-07:002010-10-11T20:06:12.925-07:00I read this one not too long ago and also enjoyed ...I read this one not too long ago and also enjoyed it. I don't think I'd give it a 5/5 though if I did a ratings scale. The main character is just a bit too reactive for my taste.<br /><br />But wow...all those terrifying ideas she created for this book, and even more for the sequel!Rob McMonigalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02919450211905775986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737574163114157272.post-35981161020722881302010-10-11T12:49:52.040-07:002010-10-11T12:49:52.040-07:00This is still one of my ALL TIME favorites. It is ...This is still one of my ALL TIME favorites. It is so thought provoking, with the same kind of impact as '1984'. I still ponder some of Atwood's insights into human nature and her take on the future, even years after reading it for the first time. In a word, ORYX AND CRAKE is profound.Tracy Krausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05066853243062725525noreply@blogger.com