#35 in Dystopian
Oryx and Crake
- 389
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Atwood reveals her ruined world piece by piece, moving between a lone survivor and the boyhood that led there, and builds to a strong final stretch. The satire on genetic engineering and corporate power gives readers plenty to argue about. Some find the pace very slow, though, and some now find the corporate caricature broad and the characters thin.
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About the book
Oryx and Crake is a 2003 novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. She has described the novel as speculative fiction and adventure romance, rather than pure science fiction, because it does not deal with things "we can't yet do or begin to do", yet goes beyond the amount of realism she associates with the novel form. It focuses on a lone character called Snowman, who finds himself in a bleak situation with only creatures called Crakers to keep him company. The reader learns of his past, as a boy called Jimmy, and of genetic experimentation and pharmaceutical engineering that occurred under the purview of Jimmy's peer, Glenn "Crake".
Reading order · MaddAddam Series
Full order & progress →- Oryx and CrakeThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - The Year of the Flood
7.97.9 / 10 - MaddAddam
7.67.6 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 874 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 86% of the weight and the score stays at 7.8 — the Dystopian average of 7.7 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 48 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 826 | 95% |
Frequently asked
How long is Oryx and Crake?
It has 389 pages — shorter than 63% of the ranked books in Dystopian.
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