The Resource The year of the flood : a novel, Margaret Atwood
The year of the flood : a novel, Margaret Atwood
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- Summary
- From the Publisher: The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and the social compact is wearing as thin as environmental stability. Adam One, the kindly leader of the God's Gardeners-a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion, as well as the preservation of all plant and animal life-has long predicted a natural disaster that will alter Earth as we know it. Now it has occurred, obliterating most human life. Two women have survived: Ren, a young trapeze dancer locked inside the high-end sex club Scales and Tails, and Toby, a God's Gardener barricaded inside a luxurious spa where many of the treatments are edible. Have others survived? Ren's bioartist friend Amanda? Zeb, her eco-fighter stepfather? Her onetime lover, Jimmy? Or the murderous Painballers, survivors of the mutual-elimination Painball prison? Not to mention the shadowy, corrupt policing force of the ruling powers. Meanwhile, gene-spliced life forms are proliferating: the lion/lamb blends, the Mo'hair sheep with human hair, the pigs with human brain tissue. As Adam One and his intrepid hemp-clad band make their way through this strange new world, Ren and Toby will have to decide on their next move, but they can't stay locked away. By turns dark, tender, violent, thoughtful, and uneasily hilarious, The Year of the Flood is Atwood at her most brilliant and inventive
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Anchor Books ed.
- Extent
- 434 p.
- Contents
-
- Garden
- Year of the flood
- Creation day
- Feast of Adam and all primates
- Festival of arks
- Saint Euell of wild foods
- Mole day
- April fish
- Feast of serpent wisdom
- Pollination day
- Saint Dian, martyr
- Predator day
- Saint Rachel and all birds
- Saint Terry and all wayfarers
- Saint Julian and all souls
- Isbn
- 9780307455475
- Label
- The year of the flood : a novel
- Title
- The year of the flood
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Margaret Atwood
- Subject
-
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueSocial science fiction
- trueYoung women
- Dystopias
- Environmental disasters | Fiction
- trueRegression (Civilization)
- trueScience fiction
- Regression (Civilization)
- Regression (Civilization) -- Fiction
- Environmental disasters
- Environmental disasters -- Fiction
- trueGenetically engineered animals
- Science fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueDystopias
- trueNatural disasters
- trueEnvironmental disasters
- trueReligion and science
- trueApocalyptic fiction
- Fiction
- trueEnd of the world
- trueSurvival (after disaster)
- Regression (Civilization) | Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From the Publisher: The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and the social compact is wearing as thin as environmental stability. Adam One, the kindly leader of the God's Gardeners-a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion, as well as the preservation of all plant and animal life-has long predicted a natural disaster that will alter Earth as we know it. Now it has occurred, obliterating most human life. Two women have survived: Ren, a young trapeze dancer locked inside the high-end sex club Scales and Tails, and Toby, a God's Gardener barricaded inside a luxurious spa where many of the treatments are edible. Have others survived? Ren's bioartist friend Amanda? Zeb, her eco-fighter stepfather? Her onetime lover, Jimmy? Or the murderous Painballers, survivors of the mutual-elimination Painball prison? Not to mention the shadowy, corrupt policing force of the ruling powers. Meanwhile, gene-spliced life forms are proliferating: the lion/lamb blends, the Mo'hair sheep with human hair, the pigs with human brain tissue. As Adam One and his intrepid hemp-clad band make their way through this strange new world, Ren and Toby will have to decide on their next move, but they can't stay locked away. By turns dark, tender, violent, thoughtful, and uneasily hilarious, The Year of the Flood is Atwood at her most brilliant and inventive
- Summary
- The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and the social compact is wearing as thin as environmental stability. Adam One, the kindly leader of the God's Gardeners--a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion, as well as the preservation of all plant and animal life--has long predicted a natural disaster that will alter Earth as we know it. Now it has occurred, obliterating most human life
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 2010.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2009.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2009
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 324119
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1939-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Atwood, Margaret
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- MaddAddam trilogy
- Series volume
- 02
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Environmental disasters
- Regression (Civilization)
- Environmental disasters
- Regression (Civilization)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The year of the flood : a novel, Margaret Atwood
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Garden -- Year of the flood -- Creation day -- Feast of Adam and all primates -- Festival of arks -- Saint Euell of wild foods -- Mole day -- April fish -- Feast of serpent wisdom -- Pollination day -- Saint Dian, martyr -- Predator day -- Saint Rachel and all birds -- Saint Terry and all wayfarers -- Saint Julian and all souls
- Control code
- ocn491895639
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Anchor Books ed.
- Extent
- 434 p.
- Isbn
- 9780307455475
- Isbn Type
- (trade)
- Lccn
- 2010294898
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)491895639
- Label
- The year of the flood : a novel, Margaret Atwood
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Garden -- Year of the flood -- Creation day -- Feast of Adam and all primates -- Festival of arks -- Saint Euell of wild foods -- Mole day -- April fish -- Feast of serpent wisdom -- Pollination day -- Saint Dian, martyr -- Predator day -- Saint Rachel and all birds -- Saint Terry and all wayfarers -- Saint Julian and all souls
- Control code
- ocn491895639
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Anchor Books ed.
- Extent
- 434 p.
- Isbn
- 9780307455475
- Isbn Type
- (trade)
- Lccn
- 2010294898
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)491895639
Subject
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueApocalyptic fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- Dystopias
- trueDystopias
- trueEnd of the world
- Environmental disasters
- trueEnvironmental disasters
- Environmental disasters -- Fiction
- Environmental disasters | Fiction
- Fiction
- trueGenetically engineered animals
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueNatural disasters
- trueRegression (Civilization)
- Regression (Civilization)
- Regression (Civilization) -- Fiction
- Regression (Civilization) | Fiction
- trueReligion and science
- trueScience fiction
- Science fiction
- trueSocial science fiction
- trueSurvival (after disaster)
- trueYoung women
Genre
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueApocalyptic fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- Dystopias
- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueScience fiction
- trueSocial science fiction
Member of
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- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2010
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2009
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2009
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