30 Days of Books – Day 6
Posted by lilykarin on juli 31st, 2010 . Filed under: Reading & Books .
Oryx in bed by Mollie Little.
Day 06 – Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time
Ok, I’ll have to do the first one then, since I already answered the other question. Can a series be two books, then? Cause in that case I choose Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood. Just finished reading Year of the Flood which followed it, and it was nearly as good but I still like Oryx & Crake just a tiny bit more. It’s a dystopia and a really really good one (I prefer when people elaborate more on what has gone wrong and how and people’s stories, not being short and dramatic like The Road for instance), and being bad at summarizing books myself I will just quote Wkipedias summary of it;
“Oryx and Crake explores developments in science and technology such as xenotransplantation and genetic engineering, particularly the creation of transgenic animals such as “wolvogs” (with the appearance of domestic dogs, the viciousness of pit bulls, and the feral nature of wolves), “rakunks” (pet-like hydrids of raccoons and skunks), and “pigoons” (pigs with bodies shaped like balloons bred to grow extra organs for human transplantion). This society promoted an extreme commercialization of life, the commodification of sex and all forms of pornography, and exacerbated the gap between rich and poor. Oryx and Crake examines the social, economic, scientific, and ethical consequences of such technology.”
READ IT NOW.

