![]() It's that thing that in a Victorian novel would be chapter beginning meanwhile. That is, it's not a prequel, it's not a sequel. MARGARET ATWOOD (Novelist): Thank you very much.įLATOW: It's always a pleasure to have you.įLATOW: And is this book a follow-up to "Oryx and Crake," would you say? Her latest novel, as I say, "The Year of the Flood," now out in paperback. If she needs any sort of introduction, she is the author of over 35 volumes of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, including "The Handmaid's Tale," "The Blind Assassin," which won her the Booker Prize. ![]() Joining me now to talk about "The Year of the Flood" is Margaret Atwood. ![]() If we're not careful, we could be facing some of these problems. Well, that's the world in Margaret Atwood's latest novel, "The Year of the Flood." But she says it's not exactly fiction. Then, bam, a global pandemic takes over, wipes out the planet population, leaving only a few survivors. Imagine a world where evil biotech corporations control the government, where scientists splice animals to make lion-lamb combinations, raccoon-skunk combinations, where the punishment for criminals is a death match. ![]() You're listening to SCIENCE FRIDAY from NPR. ![]()
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