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Narrated by:
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Campbell Scott
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Written by:
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Margaret Atwood
About this listen
With breathtaking command of her shocking material, and with her customary sharp wit and dark humour, Atwood projects us into an outlandish yet wholly believable realm populated by characters who will continue to inhabit our dreams long after the last chapter. This is Margaret Atwood at the absolute peak of her powers.
©2002 O.W. Toad, Ltd. (P)2003 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.You may also enjoy...
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Oryx und Crake
- Die MaddAddam Trilogie 1
- Written by: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Uve Teschner
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Crake und Jimmy waren Freunde, und sie liebten dieselbe Frau: die rätselhafte Oryx. Sie lebten in einer ständig von Klimakatastrophen bedrohten Welt. Crake, ein Genie genetischer Manipulation, war Wissenschaftler und arbeitete für das Projekt "Paradice" in einem Elite-Labor eines biogenetisch-pharmazeutischen Konzerns. Jimmy sorgte als Werbefachmann für die Bekanntmachung der Produkte, die Crake entwickelte.
Written by: Margaret Atwood
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My Evil Mother
- A Short Story
- Written by: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Life is hard enough for a teenage girl in 1950s suburbia without having a mother who may—or may not—be a witch. A single mother at that. Sure, she fits in with her starched dresses, string of pearls, and floral aprons. Then there are the hushed and mystical consultations with neighborhood women in distress. The unsavory, mysterious plants in the flower beds. The divined warning to steer clear of a boyfriend whose fate is certainly doomed.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It’s okay except for the fantastical
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-09-03
Written by: Margaret Atwood
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The Heart Goes Last
- A Novel
- Written by: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Mark Deakins
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Story4 out of 5 stars 74
Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an economic and social collapse. Job loss has forced them to live in their car, leaving them vulnerable to roving gangs. They desperately need to turn their situation around—and fast. The Positron Project in the town of Consilience seems to be the answer to their prayers. No one is unemployed and everyone gets a comfortable, clean house to live in . . . for six months out of the year. On alternating months, residents of Consilience must leave their homes and function as inmates in the Positron prison system.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting
- By Sandy on 2019-08-15
Written by: Margaret Atwood
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On Writers and Writing
- Written by: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Margaret Atwood
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
What is the role of the writer? Prophet? High priest of art? Court jester? Or witness to the real world? Looking back on her own childhood and writing career, Margaret Atwood examines the metaphors which writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain - or excuse! - their activities, looking at what costumes they have assumed, what roles they have chosen to play. In her final chapter she takes up the challenge of the title: if a writer is to be seen as "gifted", who is doing the giving and what are the terms of the gift?
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3 out of 5 stars
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More on Writers than on Writing
- By Shelby Ch'ng on 2023-06-30
Written by: Margaret Atwood
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Cut and Thirst
- A Short Story
- Written by: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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Story2.5 out of 5 stars 2
Myrna, Leonie, and Chrissy meet every Thursday to sample fine cheeses, to reminisce about their former lives as professors, and lately, to muse about murder. Decades ago, a vicious cabal of male poets contrived—quite publicly and successfully—to undermine the writing career, confidence, and health of their dear friend Fern. Now, after Fern has taken a turn for the worse, her three old friends decide that it’s finally time to strike back—in secret, of course, since Fern is far too gentle to approve of a vendetta.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Pointless
- By Nilton C. Teixeira on 2024-05-18
Written by: Margaret Atwood
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All the Seas of the World
- Written by: Guy Gavriel Kay
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 60
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 60
On a dark night along a lonely stretch of coast a small ship sends two people ashore. Their purpose is assassination. They have been hired by two of the most dangerous men alive to alter the balance of power in the world. If they succeed, the consequences will affect the destinies of empires, and lives both great and small.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A story of home
- By mavo on 2022-06-09
Written by: Guy Gavriel Kay
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Oryx und Crake
- Die MaddAddam Trilogie 1
- Written by: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Uve Teschner
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Crake und Jimmy waren Freunde, und sie liebten dieselbe Frau: die rätselhafte Oryx. Sie lebten in einer ständig von Klimakatastrophen bedrohten Welt. Crake, ein Genie genetischer Manipulation, war Wissenschaftler und arbeitete für das Projekt "Paradice" in einem Elite-Labor eines biogenetisch-pharmazeutischen Konzerns. Jimmy sorgte als Werbefachmann für die Bekanntmachung der Produkte, die Crake entwickelte.
Written by: Margaret Atwood
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My Evil Mother
- A Short Story
- Written by: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Life is hard enough for a teenage girl in 1950s suburbia without having a mother who may—or may not—be a witch. A single mother at that. Sure, she fits in with her starched dresses, string of pearls, and floral aprons. Then there are the hushed and mystical consultations with neighborhood women in distress. The unsavory, mysterious plants in the flower beds. The divined warning to steer clear of a boyfriend whose fate is certainly doomed.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It’s okay except for the fantastical
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-09-03
Written by: Margaret Atwood
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The Heart Goes Last
- A Novel
- Written by: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Mark Deakins
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Story4 out of 5 stars 74
Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an economic and social collapse. Job loss has forced them to live in their car, leaving them vulnerable to roving gangs. They desperately need to turn their situation around—and fast. The Positron Project in the town of Consilience seems to be the answer to their prayers. No one is unemployed and everyone gets a comfortable, clean house to live in . . . for six months out of the year. On alternating months, residents of Consilience must leave their homes and function as inmates in the Positron prison system.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting
- By Sandy on 2019-08-15
Written by: Margaret Atwood
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On Writers and Writing
- Written by: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Margaret Atwood
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
What is the role of the writer? Prophet? High priest of art? Court jester? Or witness to the real world? Looking back on her own childhood and writing career, Margaret Atwood examines the metaphors which writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain - or excuse! - their activities, looking at what costumes they have assumed, what roles they have chosen to play. In her final chapter she takes up the challenge of the title: if a writer is to be seen as "gifted", who is doing the giving and what are the terms of the gift?
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3 out of 5 stars
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More on Writers than on Writing
- By Shelby Ch'ng on 2023-06-30
Written by: Margaret Atwood
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Cut and Thirst
- A Short Story
- Written by: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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Story2.5 out of 5 stars 2
Myrna, Leonie, and Chrissy meet every Thursday to sample fine cheeses, to reminisce about their former lives as professors, and lately, to muse about murder. Decades ago, a vicious cabal of male poets contrived—quite publicly and successfully—to undermine the writing career, confidence, and health of their dear friend Fern. Now, after Fern has taken a turn for the worse, her three old friends decide that it’s finally time to strike back—in secret, of course, since Fern is far too gentle to approve of a vendetta.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Pointless
- By Nilton C. Teixeira on 2024-05-18
Written by: Margaret Atwood
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All the Seas of the World
- Written by: Guy Gavriel Kay
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 60
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 60
On a dark night along a lonely stretch of coast a small ship sends two people ashore. Their purpose is assassination. They have been hired by two of the most dangerous men alive to alter the balance of power in the world. If they succeed, the consequences will affect the destinies of empires, and lives both great and small.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A story of home
- By mavo on 2022-06-09
Written by: Guy Gavriel Kay
What the critics say
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- Caitlin
- 2018-01-04
In case you'd forgotten that Atwood is a hurricane
of speculative fiction, here is a tale full of strange and sickeningly familiar futures, deeply flawed technocratic geniuses, genetic contortionism, and a capitalist world rocketing towards the post-post-apocalyse.
Terrifying. Beautiful. Dryly hilarious. Tragic.
Heck, it's Atwood at her finest, making us laugh and whimper at the future while holding a bitter mirror to the present.
Also, the narrator is as perfectly dry as Atwood herself, and suits the story well. (Although I cannot understand why he keeps pronouncing "feral" as "fearal". I twitched every time)
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- Sheena
- 2018-03-06
Loved it!
Slow Start but really ended up enjoying this book cant wait to read the next in the series.
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-11-26
Endlessly Relevant
Margaret has the courage to write down the spindles of thought most only think and then actively ignore. A prophetic master of telling the old stories in probable new ways.
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- Kindle Customer
- 2022-03-25
This book is bonkers in a good way
Great narration
Crazy good story but is not for the squeamish.
Anyone with a biology background will enjoy the clever references throughout the book.
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- EReads
- 2018-05-05
Depressing, but good...
Very well written, as you'd expect, and the narrator is excellent. Not exactly my cup of post-apocalyptic tea, but definitely a solid story.
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- Colleen
- 2018-04-11
listen to this book.
the performance is fantastic; there is variance in characters that fits their descriptions and it hits exactly the right emotional note without being overdone at all. the book itself, of course, is a classic full of incredibly visual descriptions , smilies, metaphors, and an incredibly easy to listen to, conversational style.
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- srwatson
- 2019-01-10
Awesome
I can't wait until I listen to the next book.
I never tore of Margret Atwood.
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- me
- 2020-03-17
An interesting read
I tried to read this myself but found it difficult to stay focused when reading time was sporadic. Listening made it much easier and engrossing because I could listen while tending to life demands.
Interesting concept that takes the full book to envision. Timely read but not for.those given to anxiety or paranoia. :)
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- Caleb
- 2020-12-25
I personally really enjoyed this novel.
The main reason is all the world-building, the biotechnologies of the 2000s were explained really well and slightly expanded on for intrigue. I could definitely see people who are not tech or bio savvy having a hard time believing a world like this may truly be the future of humanity. They may even refer to it as exaggerated or science fiction... however, those technologies are not really that many decades away from our current times.
I enjoyed the constant tension and admiration that jimmy and Glenn had for one another, both for their own reasons.
I'm still beside myself with how amazing the plot twist is as well as the shocking Homicide-Amicicide.
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- Crystal Rivet
- 2019-10-20
One of the Best Apocalyptic Novels
I loved the voice actor, and the phenomenal way that he wove life into Mrs. Atwood's amazing stories.
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