Can I recommend you a book? Oryx and Crake. I just finished the sequel, and I have to say, _Atwood gets it_. She gets genetic engineering and she gets hippiedom. I've been meaning to write up a comparison with the sprawl trilogy, since the two are very different takes on dystopian future worlds ruled by corporations.
Atwood gets a lot of things - She's a damned smart lady. I enjoy listening to her interviews with Jian Ghomeshi on Q because it's like watching a cat play with its food. Not everyone likes her, some people think she's incredibly overrated (and in Canada, they're probably not wrong), but I enjoy her ultra-dry sense of humour and her intelligence, as well as the way she writes. Have a read (or listen) to her Massey Lectures from 2008. It's called "Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth". It's one of my favourite books I own kleinbl00 you might like it as well. Or hate it. Frankly, I have no idea.
I'd had zero exposure to her up until the link above and, recently, its sequel. I'll add it to the queue...Have a read (or listen) to her Massey Lectures from 2008. It's called "Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth". It's one of my favourite books I own
well, if you like that trilogy, take a look in her back catalogue. Handmaid's Tale and many others have won awards.