Oryx and Crake
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Oryx and Crake is a dystopian science fiction novel by Margaret Atwood that explores genetic engineering, corporate power, and environmental collapse through a post-apocalyptic narrative.
Aliases (1)
- Crake ×1
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
dystopian novel
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novel → science fiction novel → speculative fiction work → |
| author |
Margaret Atwood
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| awarded |
Booker Prize shortlist
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Giller Prize shortlist → Governor General's Award shortlist → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Canada
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| coverArtist |
Chip Kidd
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| followedBy |
MaddAddam
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The Year of the Flood → |
| genre |
climate fiction
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dystopian fiction → post-apocalyptic fiction → science fiction → |
| hasAdaptation |
stage adaptation
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| hasSequel |
MaddAddam
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The Year of the Flood → |
| language |
English
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| mainCharacter |
Crake
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Jimmy → Oryx → Snowman → |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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hardcover → paperback → print → |
| narrativePerspective |
third-person limited
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| notableFor |
critique of corporate capitalism
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depiction of environmental catastrophe → exploration of genetic engineering → |
| originalPublisher |
McClelland and Stewart
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Nan A. Talese → |
| pageCount |
approximately 400
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| partOf |
MaddAddam series
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| primaryTheme |
bioengineering ethics
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biotechnology → consumerism → corporate power → environmental collapse → genetic engineering → pandemics → posthumanism → social inequality → |
| publicationDate |
2003
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| series |
MaddAddam trilogy
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| setInTimePeriod |
near future
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| setting |
corporate compounds
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pleeblands → post-apocalyptic landscape → |
| structure |
nonlinear narrative
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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MaddAddam
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follows |
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Oryx and Crake
("Crake")
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mainCharacter |
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Margaret Atwood
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notableWork |