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  • Mentioned in Oryx and Crake, the Gardeners live communally in the “pleeblands” and are simply viewed as religious weirdos by most of the regular residents.

    A Progressive on the Prairie » Book Review: The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood » Print 2009

  • Mentioned in Oryx and Crake, the Gardeners live communally in the “pleeblands” and are simply viewed as religious weirdos by most of the regular residents.

    Book Review: The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood « A Progressive on the Prairie 2009

  • Here's a report about a paper published in Oryx describing the first confirmation of Africa's least-known carnivore, Jackson's Mongoose (Bdeogale jacksoni), from anywhere outside Kenya:

    Archive 2006-12-01 2006

  • I just want to point out that the characters in Oryx and Crake are two dimensional.

    Reading Snobbery, Part 2 2006

  • The scary part isn't how the phrase Oryx and Crake: The Spectacular Comedy Musical has latched onto my brain and won't let go.

    sirilyan Diary Entry sirilyan 2004

  • And in her latest novel, "The Year of the Flood" -- a companion to "Oryx" -- civilization buckles under humanity's carelessness, wiping out much of the species.

    Margaret Atwood Interview Mish 2010

  • And in her latest novel, "The Year of the Flood" -- a companion to "Oryx" -- civilization buckles under humanity's carelessness, wiping out much of the species.

    Archive 2010-02-01 Mish 2010

  • And so it is that the second annual American Crossword Critics Association awards are heretofore referred to as the Oryx Awards.

    Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle 2009

  • In novels such as Oryx and Crake and the Handmaid's Tale, Ms Atwood has demonstrated that she has few equals when it comes to imagining the transformative powers of technology on humanity.

    Atwood's Great Autograph Machine Sharon Bakar 2006

  • I very much enjoyed The Blind Assassin and The Handmaid's Tale, so "Oryx" is one of those titles I've been eyeing for a while.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Jeff 2007

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