Review of the book: Oryx and Crake

I've finished reading Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood. Wow! Excellent book! I will give it a 5 out of 5! It's genre would be speculative fiction. The main character, Snowman, has flashbacks to his childhood which would be a few years in our future. The type of world she describes is rapidly coming to pass and the book takes this vision and predicts the future of humanity. Considering that most of what is written about, such as pigoons, is already here, it's a frightening look at our future. It definitely makes you think.

This book is also the 2007 Grant MacEwan College book of the year. Margaret Atwood visited the college and gave a talk on her book, Oryx and Crake. She was extremely witty and the evening was well spent. I even got my book signed! Ms. Atwood has some very definite opinions on where our society is headed.