Please don't make the mistake of thinking that 'Oryx and Crake' is anti-science. Science is a way of knowing, and a tool. Like all ways of knowing and tools, it can be turned to bad uses. And it can be bought and sold, and it often is. But it is not in itself bad. Like electricity, it's neutral.
Margaret AtwoodA hot wind was blowing around my head, the strands of my hair lifting and swirling in it, like ink spilled in water.
Margaret AtwoodFiction is not necessarily about what you know, it's about how you feel. That is the truth about fiction, and the other truth is that all science is a tool, and we use our tools not to actualise what we know, but to implement how we feel.
Margaret AtwoodKill what you can't save what you can't eat throw out what you can't throw out bury What you can't bury give away what you can't give away you must carry with you, it is always heavier than you thought.
Margaret AtwoodWhat a lost person needs is a map of the territory, with his own position marked on it so he can see where he is in relation to everything else.
Margaret Atwood