Adam One, the leader of a religious vegetarian group called God's Gardeners, predicted that a catastrophe would decimate Earth. When it finally happens, most human life is destroyed. Two women, Ren and Toby, are among a handful of humans that lived through the disaster. Now they must do whatever it takes to survive in a world inhabited by gene-spliced life forms, experimental humans, and corrupt ruling powers.
year: 2009, 2010
call number/section: 1000
subjects: environmental disasters, fiction, science fiction, dystopias, civilization, philosophy
Editions
Atwood, Margaret
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday (2009)
When a natural disaster predicted by God's Gardeners leader Adam One obliterates most human life, two survivors trapped inside respective establishments that metaphorically represent paradise and hell wonder if any of their loved ones have survived.
Schools: 5
Atwood, Margaret
Anchor Books (2010)
Adam One, the leader of a religious vegetarian group called God's Gardeners, predicted that a catastrophe would decimate Earth. When it finally happens, most human life is destroyed. Two women, Ren and Toby, are among a handful of humans that lived through the disaster. Now they must do whatever it takes to survive in a world inhabited by gene-spliced life forms, experimental humans, and corrupt ruling powers.
Schools: 4