The Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodA prequel to "Oryx and Crake" this book follows the pre-Flood years of two characters and the hazy period of time following. Frighteningly prophetic with our potential futures; genetic-splicing, environmental collapse in the face of better-efforts, clearly delineated caste systems this book is a peek into a frightening future just as "A Handmaid's Tale" did decades earlier.
This book freaked me out. Having just moved back to San Francisco, I was near finished. Grocery shopping with products labeled "organic" left me feeling uneasy. Walking through the Haight was a good backdrop for the pleeb-state sections of this book or the arcades of major Japanese cities.
Recommendation: re-read "Oryx and Crake" before or after. I'm not certain "Year of the Flood" works as a stand-alone. There are many references to animals and organizations that are explained in "O&C".
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