Straight Into My Autumn Reading List

[commonpeople1]

Margaret Atwood's upcoming sci-fi/speculative fiction novel: The Year of the Flood

Adam One, the kindly leader of the God’s Gardeners – a religion devoted to the melding of science, religion, and nature – has long predicted a disaster. Now it has occurred, obliterating most human life. Two women remain: Ren, a young dancer locked away in a high-end sex club, and Toby, a former God’s Gardener, who barricades herself inside a luxurious spa. Have others survived? Ren’s bio-artist friend Amanda? Zeb, her eco-fighter stepfather? Her onetime lover, Jimmy? Or the murderous Painballers? Not to mention the CorpSeCorps, the shadowy policing force of the ruling powers... As Adam One and his beleaguered followers regroup, Ren and Toby emerge into an altered world, where nothing – including the animal life – is predictable.

Sounds to me like a sequel of sorts to Oryx and Crake and completely barmy. I'll probably love it. I hope The Painballers are a homage of sorts to that classic The Warriors.

And her tour blog: http://marg09.wordpress.com/.

And her Twitter: atwood_twitter (thanks to mjl)

Comments

[aeonflux.livejournal.com]

I adored Oryx and Crake. Stay tuned for my pending review of World War Z.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I shall tune in.

[kixie.livejournal.com]

f'ing hell, AWESOME photo of her and OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD I can't wait!! :D

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Me too! She's one cool lady.

[rickyorr.livejournal.com]

Did you know she is going to be in London at the beginning of September! I would love to be able to go!

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayDetailEvent.do?searchType=1&author=Margaret|Atwood

xx

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Yes! I already got tickets!

[rickyorr.livejournal.com]

COOOOOL!

I would love to be able to go but it is so close to my birthday and I doubt I could afford it!

The Blind Assassin is up there in my favourite books ever! And one of the few I have re-read multiple times! xx

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

It's one of my fave books too. I've only read it once but I'd definitely like to re-visit it sometime. I'm really looking forward to this new one.