Oryx and Crake

TitleOryx and Crake
Year for Search2003
AuthorsAtwood, Margaret [Eleanor](b. 1939)
Date Published2003
PublisherMcClelland & Stewart
Place PublishedToronto, ON, Canada
KeywordsCanadian author, Female author
Annotation

Dystopia. Most of the novel is set in a post-catastrophe future, but some is set in the dystopia of our day and a near future dystopia of corporate competition over genetic manipulation, which leads to the catastrophe. See also 2009 and 2013 Atwood.

Additional Publishers

U.S. ed. as Oryx and Crake. A Novel. New York: Doubleday, 2003. Rpt. New York: Anchor Books, 2004.

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

Canadian female author (b. 1939).

Full Text

2003 Atwood, Margaret [Eleanor] (b. 1939). Oryx and Crake. Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart. U.S. ed. as Oryx and Crake. A Novel. New York: Doubleday, 2003. Rpt. New York: Anchor Books, 2004. PSt

Dystopia. Most of the novel is set in a post-catastrophe future, but some is set in the dystopia of our day and a near future dystopia of corporate competition over genetic manipulation, which leads to the catastrophe. See also 2009 and 2013 Atwood. Canadian female author.