Michael Crichton - Next
Release Date: December 01, 2006 |
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Michael Crichton - Next - 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 an adult human being resembles a chimp fetus? And should that worry us? There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction-is it worse than the disease? 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; test our spouses for genetic maladies and even frame someone for a genetic crime. 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 th
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Key Information |
| Authors | Michael Crichton |
| Narrator | Dylan Baker |
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Professional Reviews |
| Professional Reviews | Publisher's Weekly: "...few can match Crichton in crafting page-turners with intellectual substance, and his opinions this time are less likely to create a firestorm than his controversial take on global warming in 2004's STATE OF FEAR." |
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Book Editions |
| Book Editions | Hardcover431December 01, 2006Harpercollins9.25"(h) x 6.75"(w) x 1.75"(d), 1.5 lbs.9780060872984 |
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