The ignorant peasant, without fault, is greater than the philosopher with many; for what is genius or courage without an heart?

That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one.

And then that imbecile crowd down on the deck started their little fun, and I could see nothing more for smoke.

Like The Handmaid's Tale, Oryx and Crake is a speculative fiction, not a science fiction proper.