Oryx and Crake introduces an idea that I previously mentioned, that of which is DNA modification that can be done at the will. What is interesting within this book, to me, is that the act of doing this produces a result that is considered "alien" rather than just being a genetically modified organism. Although the process of eliminating flaws within human DNA is meant to bring out the best in what the human could be, it actually ends up being the downfall of our main protagonist, which I thought was an interesting turn within the story.
The use of genre writing in the book, I think, is more important than the overall literary aspects. I think that within all books, the genre writing is where the story comes from, while the literary writing is just a foundation used to help tell the story. Although neither of these are strictly individual of one another, being that genre writing is an aspect of literary writing, genre writing is what creates the bulk of an interesting story within the whole literary aspect. I do not believe that this distinction is incredibly necessary to know when creating a story or when crafting a world that you want others to believe, but knowing the difference will definitely lend itself to the artist that will be utilizing their traits.
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