ChickieNobs don’t require a stretch of the imagination. Anyone who has ever eaten a Chicken McNugget from McDonald’s can probably relate. As for what they are exactly, I’ll let this passag...
From The Year of the Flood: > “The secret of SecretBurgers was that no one knew what sort of > animal protein was actually in them: the counter girls wore T-shirts > an...
Scales and Tails is a franchised sex club that becomes an important location in The Year of the Flood. Ren, one of the story’s main characters is employed as a dancer there. The club features a...
Atwood describes AnooYoo like this: > “…a beauty-and-mood-enhancing Corp, which was a dubious > affiliate of HealthWyzer. Health and Beauty, the two seductive twins > joine...
Happicuppa is Maddaddam’s version of Starbucks. It is also meant to echo our world’s Monsanto, a controversial biotechnology corporation know for gene modification of produce. > ‘Until t...
HelthWyzer is essentially the monolithic antagonist of the trilogy and is at the center of the plague that wipes out humanity. HelthWyzer is one of the largest of the Corps and has its fingers in...