Oryx and Crake

I finished reading the novel "Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood last week, and I must say that it was an amazing novel. Margaret Atwood calls it a "speculative fiction" novel, but we can just throw it into the genre of science fiction as well for arguments sake. The novel is based on the Earth after the collapse of civilization, and information is given through flashbacks from the narrator as to what happened. If you enjoy novels with dystopic themes, then this is the book for you.



A followup novel was released this year called "Year of the Flood"; the story occurs simultaneously with "Oryx and Crake". I picked up a copy of it this week and can't wait to read it. I think a different perspective on things from "Oryx and Crake" would be very interesting.

Right now, I"m reading "Flashforward" by Robert J. Sawyer. It's the inspiration for the ABC TV Series of the same name. I've been a huge fan of the series, and hope the book doesn't disappoint. While I'm on this topic, I also remembered about a novel I read quite a while back from Sawyer called WWW: Wake. Its supposed to be a trilogy and I'm looking forward to the release of book 2.