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Book Description:
Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes; is that why a chimp fetus resembles a human being? And should that worry us? There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction--is it worse than the disease?Members who requested this book also requested:
We live in a time of momentous scientific leaps, a time when it's possible to sell our eggs and sperm online for thousands of dollars and to test our spouses for genetic maladies.
We live in a time when one fifth of all our genes are owned by someone else, and an unsuspecting person and his family can be pursued cross-country because they happen to have certain valuable genes within their chromosomes...
Devilishly clever, Next blends fact and fiction into a breathless tale of a new world where nothing is what it seems and a set of new possibilities can open at every turn.
Next challenges our sense of reality and notions of morality. Balancing the comic and the bizarre with the genuinely frightening and disturbing, Next shatters our assumptions and reveals shocking new choices where we least expect.
The future is closer than you think.
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2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I loved the idea of this book - what are the implications of the rapid-fire genetic discoveries that are currently happening? What will the future look like?
However, for about 2/3 of the sheer number of storylines made the book difficult to follow. It seemed like Crichton would think of something that could possibly be related to advances in genetics, and put it into the story. The book could have used a stronger editor.
Overall, though, I enjoyed it, and it made me think about the extremes that could happen in the near future
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2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Genetic research is making headlines in one form or another almost every day. A cure for everything. But what happens when taken to extreme? Part fact, part fiction, part fantasy, this book will both engross and chill.
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Very good. It's a little hard to get into because it keeps flopping back and forth like the tv series "Heroes" but wow once I got into it, I couldn't put it down. The comic relief was a talking bird. My kids made me read out loud each time I came to that section of the story.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book was just ridiculous. Not up to his usual standards. Got 3/4 of the way through and just couldnt keep reading
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I love all of Michael Crichton's books.
Mary Y. from FROSTBURG, MD wrote on 7/1/2008...Terrific, fast paced topical thriller. Crichton packs a lot of reasearch regarding global warming theories and disputes into one great fictional story!
A classic Michael Crichton book - it keeps you moving from page to page and chapter after chapter. A network of criss crossing themes cross in the end to which you will be surprised. Excellent!!!!
I love Michael Crichton's books, he writes another scary techno-thriller with this one. I highly recommend it.
Certainly a book to make you think and rethink genetics and the world we live in.
I thought this book was excellent!
Excellent new paperback by Michael Crichton!