Next
Subtitle: A Novel
By: Michael Crichton.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperLuxe
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 629
ISBN-13: 9780060873035
Copyright date: 2006
Subjects: Genetics -- Fiction; Large type books
Genres: Fiction.
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 an adult human being? And should that worry us? 

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. Next shatters our assumptions and reveals shocking new choices where we least expect.

The future is closer than you think.
(back cover)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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