To be released in the UK in March

Dodau
Sunflowergirl (nolonger requires)
Tutley Mutley
Tanis
Molyneux
turquoisefloyd
then International
perfcangel (nolonger requires)
Karenzero usa NY
lpree usa
Mollygrue usa here december 2005
mepwave usa
titihood Canada
Bilbi France


Another apocalyptic vision from Margaret Atwood. The future she depicts is an uncomfortably plausible extension of the present.

This is science fiction written by someone more adept at emotion than science which left me slightly disatisfied I wanted more explanation of the science than the brief couple of paragraphs at the end.

Arrived this morning. I've heard a lot about this and t looks strange.

Where do I start. It was a strange book. Told in flashback it starts with Snowman and the children of Crake. Gradually how they got there is revealed. Throw in some pigoons and some rakunks and thats about it. A good book but definatly strange.

Sunshine girl had requested to be skipped so pming the next person.

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Wow, I'd forgotten all about this bookray! Another one to be crossed off the wishlist. Thanks Dodau and Jenatleisure.

Second book by Margaret Atwood I've read and I enjoyed it in a leisurely sort of way, and didn't find it at all wierd...
The lack of scientific detail didn't bother me, as the themes were all logical conclusions of many topical fears expounded on in plenty enough detail (for me) in the current media: global warming and climactic change, BSE, genetic manipulations, cloning, nanotechnology.
The bio-terrorism theme and subsequent apocolyptic vision reminded me of that film about the 12 monkeys with Bruce Willis.
Jimmy/Snowman was a very credible antihero (lovable drunk) bound up in an eternal love triangle theme ...
The only thing that disappointed me was the ending. ARgh, what happened next?? All my imaginary endings were pessimistic.

Will be sending to Tanis as sometime in the next week, work permitting.

Finally on its way to Tanis, put in post yesterday at about 5pm.

This arrived in the post today, thanks Tutleymutley. I have another bookray ahead of this to read but I should make a start on it by the end of next week.

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Posting this off to Molyneux today.

I really enjoyed this book and have added Margeret Atwood to my wishlist authors. Science fiction would not normally be my cup of tea, but his isn't one of those tedious 'Arkarsibell strode the nemotode ubershaft transporter to planet Improbable' types. Can't be doing with the fantasy end.

When I got to the end my first thought was 'NO! It can't end there!' and then I was glad this hasn't been made into a film because they surely wouldn't have the delicious restraint to leave it there.

I think this may be one of my books of the year.

Sorry - I know realised I didnt journal the book when I received it! Ooops!

A very strange book indeed. Having said that, I was intrigued by it and read it to the end....and then wanted to know more!

I've only read Sufacing previously by Margaret Atwood - but will look out for more of her work.

Cheers for sharing this Jen! Now off to turquoisefloyd when I have the address.

Received this morning from Molyneux, thanks! I'm very much looking forward to reading this! Also thanks to Jenatleisure who started the ring in the first place :-)

Finished it last night. WOW!!!! Oryx and Crake is the most fully-evolved, sumptuous feasts of a novel that I've ever read. I loved the teetering ending, you couldn't really tell which way the story would have gone, had it continued, but I have my ideas. Highly recommended!!

I'm going to get a copy of my own and pass it around my non-BookCrossing ring of people.

Now waiting for Jenatleisure to get back to me, to tell me who's next in the ring.

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Am sending this to Karenzero who lives in the US and who is next on the list. Enjoy!!

Got it! Will read ASAP!

Just finished! I thought this book was great and I was intrigued and disturbed by it. I so desperately wanted to know what happened next and in the future - I guess that's the point!

Thanks to jenatleisure for sharing the book!

I will be sending this off to the next reader today or Monday.

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On its way to NE!

I just returned from vacation to find this book was waiting for me, along with two other bookrings. I'll read it as soon as I can and then will get it moving again. I read about this book in Bookmarks magazine, and am really looking forward to reading it.

Well, I got about 2/3 of the way through this and just couldn't finish it. Perhaps it's just not a good time, but this story was just a bit too strange for me... I found it interesting at first, though. A bunch of other rings came in, so I'm going to mail this on.

However, I do think my husband would love this story - it's right up his alley, so I've already purchased a copy online for him to read.

This will go out in this afternoon's mail.

Thanks for giving me the chance to read this!

Looking forward to this one! I should get to it soon. Thanks!

Well, I've had it for just over a month now and while I have read a few chapters, I keep finding new excuses not to get back to it. This is an indication to me that I must find my own copy so I am PM'ing the next reader and will hopefully send it to them soon. Sorry!

DC# 03022940000169566575

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Happy reading!

It finally arrived today! Unfortunately my classes for Uni just started up again so it won't be read as fast as I had hoped. I'll try my best to get it done in a reasonable clip, but be forewarned it may take a month.

I am not sure how I feel about this book yet. It's intense. Another u/distopian book. I like the flashback style, making us do the work to figure out what happened, the mystery of it all. I'm not satisfied with the ending, though really how could you end it? That and I don't think 'satisfaction' is the point. This subject does cause one to wonder and think about everything. We really have become specialized to the point where there is an inherent trust that everyone will follow the system. Otherwise it doesn't work. And Crake... while he may seem crazy posits some interesting ideas. Ideas about society that I myself grapple with consider the impact of humans on the world. It reminds me of the film version of I, Robot (which deviates from the short stories). Books like this always get my mind churning. That being said, I'm not sure how I feel about it fully. I can see how life could get that way, but there is something else about it that I just can't label at this point... something off. Anyway, quite the think piece and a real page turner. Onto the next reader!

Received today, thank you! :) I have one non-BC book to finish first then will sink my teeth into this one.

28/05/06: Well, I thought this was a really interesting story; and as usual Atwood has created a plausible futuristic world that's a little scary in it's possible reality around the corner. I enjoyed the book but found that it finished too soon, almost as if she got sick of writing or couldn't think of anything else to say. There was not quite enough character development - I wasn't given the answers I wanted to all my questions! Enjoyable though, and made me think more about choices we make now affecting the future.

30/05/06: Sent to Bilbi by Surface mail (sorry, no job = hardly any cash). Should be with you in about three weeks...

Received today ! One book to read before starting this one !
I loved "The Handmaid's Tale" but could not finish "Cat's Eye"... So what about this one ? ;-)

Have a sunny and lazy summer, all of you \o/

Great ! I can hardly put it down ! Thanks for sharing !

Is it science fiction or a vision of our future ???!!!??

I forget to add this song from Mickey 3D called "Respire" (Breath). It echoes part of the book.
It's about an old man who's telling the story of the human being, of a time when people had two eyes, when people can eat fruits, a time with forests full of animals and people used to blame their forefathers for the messy, dirty world they were living in, until there were no more people to blame but themselves for the polluted world they leave to their grandchildren.
That's not a thorough translation, but you should get the point of the song and if you can speak French, I hope I give a true account of it ;-)

"Approche-toi petit, écoute-moi gamin,
Je vais te raconter l'histoire de l'être humain
Au début y avait rien au début c'était bien
La nature avançait y avait pas de chemin
Puis l'homme a débarqué avec ses gros souliers
Des coups d'pieds dans la gueule pour se faire respecter
Des routes à sens unique il s'est mis à tracer
Les flèches dans la plaine se sont multipliées
Et tous les éléments se sont vus maîtrisés
En 2 temps 3 mouvements l'histoire était pliée
C'est pas demain la veille qu'on fera marche arrière
On a même commencé à polluer le désert

Il faut que tu respires, et ça c'est rien de le dire
Tu vas pas mourir de rire, et c'est pas rien de le dire

D'ici quelques années on aura bouffé la feuille
Et tes petits-enfants ils n'auront plus qu'un oeil
En plein milieu du front ils te demanderont
Pourquoi toi t'en as 2 tu passeras pour un con
Ils te diront comment t'as pu laisser faire ça
T'auras beau te défendre leur expliquer tout bas
C'est pas ma faute à moi, c'est la faute aux anciens
Mais y aura plus personne pour te laver les mains
Tu leur raconteras l'époque où tu pouvais
Manger des fruits dans l'herbe allongé dans les prés
Y avait des animaux partout dans la forêt,
Au début du printemps, les oiseaux revenaient

Il faut que tu respires, et ça c'est rien de le dire
Tu vas pas mourir de rire, et c'est pas rien de le dire
Il faut que tu respires, c'est demain que tout empire
Tu vas pas mourir de rire, et c'est pas rien de le dire

Le pire dans cette histoire c'est qu'on est des esclaves
Quelque part assassin, ici bien incapable
De regarder les arbres sans se sentir coupable
A moitié défroqués, 100 pour cent misérables
Alors voilà petit, l'histoire de l'être humain
C'est pas joli joli, et j'connais pas la fin
T'es pas né dans un chou mais plutôt dans un trou
Qu'on remplit tous les jours comme une fosse à purin."

this book arrived home some time ago so I am putting it in the eiropean book box so it can be enjoyed by some more people on a journey. Wonder where it will end up this time