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 AtwoodYour friend is intellectually honourable," Jimmy's mother would say. "He doesn't lie to himself.
Margaret AtwoodIt was like being in an elevator cut loose at the top. Falling, falling, and not knowing when you will hit.
Margaret Atwood