Hmm. Not sure what to say about this one without committing spoilage. I enjoyed the anthropological bits a lot, the apocalyptic battles less. I agree it will be hard to film 'verbatim' if the franchise gets that far. I found the ending ...problematic, and a little heavy on the "sucks to be you" aspects of Doing The Right Thing. (I'd be happy to get more specific in private conversation of one sort or another.)
Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
Brilliant as always. I like post-apocalyptic fiction to begin with, so it's an even bigger treat when it's as well-excuted as Atwood's work. She's someone whose work I enjoy so much it's strange I haven't read more of it. Time to remedy the lack, clearly. As for O&C, I sympathize with the main character a little too much for comfort in terms of career track and being gifted but not quite gifted enough for the circumstances. But I flirt with digression into personal issues there.
Atwood talked about writing O&C in several of the essays I read in Writing With Intent; that and