Margaret Atwood has always taken a jaundiced view of human nature. Back when her mordant observations about marriage and other relations between the sexes had her marked down as a feminist, she took ...

In the early 1840s, Belgian instrument maker and musician Adolphe Sax set out to create a new sound for orchestras and ...

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood 384pp, Bloomsbury, £16.99 From the very beginning of this novel, you feel that you are setting out on a journey masterminded by a sure and energetic guide. The ...

Don’t call the novel Oryx and Crake a work of sci-fi. Author Margaret Atwood prefers the term “speculative fiction”—she says the things she writes about depict a plausible version of the future.

Slaty-legged crake, Rallina eurizonoides (synonyms, Rallina euryzonoides and Rallina minahasa; protonym, Gallinula eurizonoïdes), Lafresnaye, 1845, also known as the banded crake or as the banded rail ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The best future fictions are deeply embedded in the present. They prod our existing fears into the light and build a dystopic world ...