Snowman is the last man on Earth. The survivor of some extinction-level event, he spends his days on a beach, fighting the elements and watching over the Children of Crake and Oryx. These children are not like Snowman, who used to be called Jimmy before the world died. Snowman is their caretaker, of sorts, but as the days wear on and his supplies dwindle, he is forced to leave the Children behind and set off for the city in search of more food. Unfortunately, this […]
Badkittyuno’s Review #2: Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
“From any rational point of view I am absurd; but there are no longer any rational points of view.” The premise of Surfacing is simple: a young woman returns to her childhood home — a cabin in the woods of Canada — to find her father, who has gone missing. For moral support, she brings along her boyfriend and two friends, a husband and wife. Her boyfriend and the male friend are concurrently filming scenes for series of random images they plan to create. The […]
“Perfection exacts a price, but it’s the imperfect who pay it”
Goodreads summary: “A man-made plague has swept the earth, but a small group survives, along with the green-eyed Crakers – a gentle species bio-engineered to replace humans. Toby, onetime member of the Gods Gardeners and expert in mushrooms and bees, is still in love with street-smart Zeb, who has an interesting past. The Crakers’ reluctant prophet, Snowman-the-Jimmy, is hallucinating; Amanda is in shock from a Painballer attack; and Ivory Bill yearns for the provocative Swift Fox, who is flirting with Zeb. Meanwhile, giant Pigoons and […]
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