h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hi Azahar!

So you have also read " Oryx and Crake "? So a post of yours today...

How did you like it? I loved it! Although I have to say it was very, very disturbing!

hi night-eyes,

Nice to meet you!

Margaret Atwood is one of my favourite authors and also one of the most 'disturbing' authors I've come across. In fact, once in my twenties I read a short story of hers that pretty much ended up with me having a bit of a nervous breakdown.

Yes, I quite enjoyed Oryx and Crake whilst cringing about how 'real' her version of the future might possibly be. Especially as her 'future' idea could happen tomorrow . . .

So hey, while you're here, I'd like to invite you to have a look at my h2g2 friends photo gallery and also join us there, if you'd like to.

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az

Well, it's impressive that after your first encounter with her you kept following her work!

I have read only two of her books - the "The Blind Assassin " came first. So "Oryx and crake" was quite a surprise being so different from the first. I was walking around like zombie for days after that, my mind still thinking about that vision of the future... And reality shows, which I never really liked, suddenly seemed like pure evil

Oh, and thanks for the link - I'll take a look right away!

In fact, the 'nervous breakdown' inducing short story was far from my first encounter with Margaret Atwood - I'd been reading her stuff for years.

The Handmaid's Tale is yet another futuristic nightmarish book, but she's also written very funny and enjoyable books about the psychology of relationships - The Robber Bride is probably one of her 'lightest' on this theme, but not without a bit of 'darkness' going on.

I find her not only amazingly intelligent but also intellectual, meanwhile, also very empathetic, which I think is often a hard balance to create. She loves science but I think also loves psychology just as much - you can see it in her characters as they all come across very 'real and believable'.

Well, let me know what you think of the gallery.

az