Margaret Atwood on Science Fiction, Dystopias, and Intestinal Parasites — wired.com

Canadian author Margaret Atwood is one of the world’s most celebrated living writers. Among her many books are a handful that some might call science fiction, notably The Handmaid’s Tale, about a future America ruled by religious fundamentalists, and the Oryx and Crake trilogy, about a mad scientist who attempts to replace humanity with a genetically engineered race of his own creation. Atwood has sometimes provoked the ire of science fiction fans by declining to label these works as “science fiction.”

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