The world which Snowman and the Crakers inhabit after the viral outbreak is very different from the world of Jimmy's childhood. Once essential technology has become useless. Without humans to run the machinery and provide order, the civilised world has shut down.

Snowman is forced to scavenge amongst the ruins to survive, living in fear of escaped GM creatures gone feral.

According to Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake is set on the east Coast of the USA, near Boston.

  Lake Okeechobee is the largest freshwater lake in the southern United States.

 

The isolated town of Moosonee is located on Moose River in Ontario, Canada.

Texas, known as the Lone Star State, is located in South Central US and covers an area of 268,820  sq miles (696,200 sq km) .