thewhitejaycutler

Mrs. Atwood, I have only read A Handmaid's Tale and Oryx and Crake, but I really love how you change the rules of the utopian genre, particularly in Oryx and Crake. I wrote a short research paper for one of my classes comparing Oryx and Crake to Thomas More's Utopia, essentially arguing that neither work truly conforms to the utopian/dystopian generic distinction that we try to make so often.

My question would be then, do you think there ever has been a true distinction between utopias and dystopias, or is this just a result of superficial readings of these texts due to their broader categorization as science-fiction?

Actually?

Sure PM me your email or something so I can send it to you.

I've been pretty careful about it and taken out big parts to avoid that sort of thing, especially cause I'm considering getting it published. I've gone back and looked at their post history to make sure they are somewhat interested in literature or utopian themes. Thanks for the heads up though

Hate to let you down but it's more of a literary paper that has to do with utopian/dystopian theory. If you're still interested, that's cool too just let me know