Comments on: Oryx and Crake (maybe I should start reading?)

By: partikal5

partikal5 — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:13:17 +0000

Check Chester Himes’s Plan B , too – an out-of-hand massacre of the US white population by the disgruntled black population. Putting all accusations of racism aside, I couldn’t help think of the 1972 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes when reading this; a movie where slaves stage an uprising against their white oppressors.
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By: Drunken Goon

Drunken Goon — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:45:19 +0000

‘Heroes and Villains’ is sounding really familiar. I’m thinking that I have a copy of it somewhere. I’ll check it out, though. Thanks much!

By: partikal5

partikal5 — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:26:56 +0000

Also check the 1969 (an apt year [if ever there was one] for post-apocalyptic work) ‘Heroes and Villains’ by Angela Carter.

By: Drunken Goon

Drunken Goon — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:26:01 +0000

Thanks Mel! I just started The Algebraist (sp?) so I’ll check out those two books next.

By: mel

mel — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:22:36 +0000

okay…i’m reading this post rather late….the other book you should read by margaret atwood is ‘the handmaid’s tale’…keep in mind when it was written…great book. i reread it every five or six years.
you should also read Go Go Girls of the Apocalypse. PLEASE ignore the cheesy cover. Everyone I’ve lent the book to…and this includes non-sci fi nerds … reads it in record time.
i have the short story collection you mention later, too. It’s not too good. I’m a demanding reader and if there’s dialogue, it has to be good, she said. (yeah, not like that). there are maybe two stories in the collection that are decent and the rest i found boring, completely unrealistic or just poorly written. I recommend Go Go Girls and then The Handmaid’s Tale. though be warned…the handmaid’s tale is very subtle and only truly frightening in exactly how you can see that future actually happening.

By: Dillon

Dillon — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:34:51 +0000

I think Oryx and Crake is one book of a series where the lives tie into one another. Also read Atwood’s novel, “The Year of the Flood” if you haven’t yet. It’s very good. Jimmy’s life ties into it as well. I’m starting Oryx and Crake now. I hope it was good?

By: Tim the Second

Tim the Second — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:40:04 +0000

dude … dies the fire is a gigantic obligation. It’s in the second series now. and also the ‘island in the sea of time’ series. as one drunken goon to another — it’s a large task to take on. but worth it.
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By: Drunken Goon

Drunken Goon — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:25:47 +0000

Man, I should have talked about books sooner! I’ll look for Dies the Fire next. Thanks everyone!

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:28:46 +0000

One of my all-time favorite post-apocalyptic books is “Dies the Fire” by S.M. Stirling, actually the first in a pretty fun series…and I recently came across the following list here which includes some others I haven’t read yet. http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/11/mind-meld-speculative-fiction-books-that-should-be-assigned-in-school/
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By: Tim the Second

Tim the Second — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:24:34 +0000

That book was pretty righteous. Done mostly in flashbacks. A good’un.