I have just finished Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake, the first novel I have read that has an official website, appropriate to a work set in a dystopic near future.
The book was near enough to our world, with genetic modification of plants and animals, corporations running the show, and marketing taking over as the main form of literature, for the book to be more chilling than humorous. Even bits of satire that were probably intended to be funny are often disturbing and haunting.
I'd highly recommend this one, though not a cheerful read.
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