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3 Reasons That Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy Is a Great Reading Group Pick

…and The Year of the Flood and need a quick refresher before you jump into MaddAddam, there’s a short recap of the story so far in a supplementary Scribd excerpt at the end of this post. 1. MaddAddam is relevant. All of the science-fiction elements in the world of these novels are grounded in current scientific theory. From gene splicing to the threat of global warming to the corporate takeover of the Internet, Atwood explores a multitude of issue…

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…k Times Book Review In this final volume of the internationally celebrated MaddAddam trilogy, the Waterless Flood pandemic has wiped out most of the population. Toby is part of a small band of survivors, along with the Children of Crake: the gentle, bioengineered quasi-human species who will inherit this new earth. As Toby explains their origins to the curious Crakers, her tales cohere into a luminous oral history that sets down humanity’s past—an…

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A Guide to Gifting Margaret Atwood

A Guide to Gifting Margaret Atwood

…gy Across three stunning novels—Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, and MaddAddam—the bestselling, Booker Prize–winning novelist projects us into a near future that is both all too familiar and beyond our imagining. Set in a darkly plausible future shaped by plagues, floods, and genetic engineering, these three novels take us from the end of the world to a brave new beginning. Thrilling, moving, and a triumph of imagination, the MaddAddam Trilo…

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6 Great Futuristic Novels That Are Not Just for Science Fiction Fans

…ences. In the final volume of Margaret Atwood’s internationally celebrated MaddAddam trilogy, a pandemic bioengineered by a mad scientist has wiped out most of the population. A small band of survivors, along with the Children of Crake—the scientist’s lab-created quasi-human species—inherit the new earth. With flashbacks to events before the apocalypse, the story moves between the past and the present to trace the causes of what has come to pass b…

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Read Margaret Atwood's Newest Novel, The Year of the Flood

…hip and a landmark work of speculative fiction. In this second book of the MaddAddam trilogy, the long-feared waterless flood has occurred, altering Earth as we know it and obliterating most human life. Among the survivors are Ren, a young trapeze dancer locked inside the high-end sex club Scales and Tails, and Toby, who is barricaded inside a luxurious spa. Amid shadowy, corrupt ruling powers and new, gene-spliced life forms, Ren and Toby will ha…

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Dystopian Novels Your Book Club Won’t Want to Put Down

…f human knowledge. Read an excerpt | Get the reader’s guide | Buy the book MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood “Lights a fire from the fears of our age…. Miraculously balances humor, outrage, and beauty.” —The New York Times Book Review The Waterless Flood has wiped out most of humanity, but a small band of survivors carry on in order to teach the Children of Crake, the gentle, bioengineered quasi-human species who will inherit this new Earth. Blending a…

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Books to Devour in a Single Poolside Afternoon

…of Margaret Atwood. Might we suggest Oryx and Crake, the first book in her MaddAddam trilogy? Set in the not-too-distant future, Atwood once again imagines an unrecognizable (but eerily possible) world. The story is parceled out piece by piece, and we promise you’ll want to dive right into the second book in the trilogy, The Year of the Flood, as soon as you finish. Read an excerpt | Get the reader’s guide | Buy the book The Girls from Corona Del…

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Must-Reads on Climate Change

Must-Reads on Climate Change

…hip and a landmark work of speculative fiction. In this second book of the MaddAddam trilogy, the long-feared waterless flood has occurred, altering Earth as we know it and obliterating most human life. Among the survivors are Ren, a young trapeze dancer locked inside the high-end sex club Scales and Tails, and Toby, who is barricaded inside a luxurious spa. Amid shadowy, corrupt ruling powers and new, gene-spliced life forms, Ren and Toby will ha…

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Post-apocalyptic Travel Novels

…ley.” —The Seattle Times The first volume in the internationally acclaimed MaddAddam trilogy. Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved. In search of answers, Snowman embarks on a journey—with the help of the green-eyed Children of Crake—through the lu…

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SF Books for People Who Don’t Read Science Fiction

…rpt Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood The first novel in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy introduces readers to Snowman Jimmy and a world that has been destroyed by mankind’s extended reach. If you know The Handmaid’s Tale, you won’t be surprised by this stunningly built alternate reality that feels a little to close for comfort. This time, Atwood takes on runaway experimentation and corporate greed in a story told from the perspective of someo…

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