Oryx and Crake
by Atwood, Margaret
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0747562598
- ISBN 13
- 9780747562597
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Bloomsbury, London, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 378 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly toned throughout. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Edges browned slightly. The book has been read and it may have some creases but is sound overall. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. Pigs might not fly but they are strangely altered. So, for that matter, are wolves and racoons. A man, once named Jimmy, lives in a tree, wrapped in old bedsheets, now calls himself Snowman. The voice of Oryx, the woman he loved, teasingly haunts him. And the green-eyed Children of Crake are, for some reason, his responsibility.'In Jimmy, Atwood has created a great character: a tragic-comic artist of the future, part buffoon, part Orpheus. An adman who's a sad man; a jealous lover who's in perpetual mourning; a fantasist who can only remember the past' Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Canada; ISBN: 0747562598. ISBN/EAN: 9780747562597. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10034. . 9780747562597
Synopsis
Oryx and Crake is a dystopian science fiction
Reviews
On Dec 27 2015, a reader said:
The story in Oryx And Crake is actually a bit of a complicated one to try to summarize in just a sentence or two, but the gist of it is that there's this guy, referred to as Snowman, and he may or may not be the last human being as we know ourselves to be, as the world is now composed of genetically engineered everything. There are still humans of course, but they are a new breed of human, genetically modified to be "perfect" according to the mad scientist who created them. The thing is, Snowman knew this mad scientist when they were in school, in fact they were best friends, and it's through Snowman's memories that we learn of all the events that took place up til now and what on Earth happened to us. This book is so good, you'll never want it to end.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10034
- Title
- Oryx and Crake
- Author
- Atwood, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0747562598
- ISBN 13
- 9780747562597
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- BZDB137 speculative fiction, fantasy, science fiction, dystopian, Science Fiction & Fantasy; Canada; Unbranded ISBN: 0747562598 EAN: 9780747562597 Atwood, Margaret Oryx and Crake
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