I'm reading Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle (currently in the last book of Quicksilver) and listening to the last book of Margaret Atwood's trilogy, variously named after each volume, but it's worth starting with Oryx and Crake whether you intend to follow the series or not. Stephenson's series is a sort of dark comedy take on the early days of the scientific revolution, whereas Atwood presents a biting satire of our present culture gradually giving way to an imagined biotech apocalypse. Both are laudable, but Atwood should probably be required reading for humans living in our present age. |
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