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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?
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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"A complex and credible extension of present reality into the realm of the imagination. A highly readable novel."--South China Morning Post
"[NEXT] is a tribute to Crichton's storytelling skill...the docmentation he sprinkles throughout the narrative teases us with speculation."--Los Angeles Times
"Under Crichton's imaginative scrutiny, body-part theft, the extinction of blonds and transgenic experiments...all loom on the horizon."--People
"(Crichton) is one of the most reliable purveyors of brain-engaged popular fiction at work today."--Sunday Express (London)
"Crichton creates a series of fascinating dramatic situations that hold a reader's attention right down to the last page."--NPR (All Things Considered)
"A cracking pace...fast-moving plot with highly detailed research."--Sunday Telegraph (Australia)
"A compulsively readable beach book about the dawn of the biotech revolution."--National Review
"NEXT is one of Mr. Crichton's more un-put-downable novels. Its emphasis is on excitement."--New York Times
"NEXT is a romp and a potboiler...a blockbuster science thriller...an entertaining read."--Philadelphia Inquirer
"[Crichton's] latest is in genetics and his literary success is assured."--Mail on Sunday
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"[NEXT] is a tribute to Crichton's storytelling skill...the docmentation he sprinkles throughout the narrative teases us with speculation."--Los Angeles Times
"Under Crichton's imaginative scrutiny, body-part theft, the extinction of blonds and transgenic experiments...all loom on the horizon."--People
"(Crichton) is one of the most reliable purveyors of brain-engaged popular fiction at work today."--Sunday Express (London)
"Crichton creates a series of fascinating dramatic situations that hold a reader's attention right down to the last page."--NPR (All Things Considered)
"A cracking pace...fast-moving plot with highly detailed research."--Sunday Telegraph (Australia)
"A compulsively readable beach book about the dawn of the biotech revolution."--National Review
"NEXT is one of Mr. Crichton's more un-put-downable novels. Its emphasis is on excitement."--New York Times
"NEXT is a romp and a potboiler...a blockbuster science thriller...an entertaining read."--Philadelphia Inquirer
"[Crichton's] latest is in genetics and his literary success is assured."--Mail on Sunday
Devishly clever, NEXT blends fact and fiction into a
breathless tale of a new world where nothing is as 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 bizarre with the genuinely frightening and disturbing, NEXT
shatters our assumptions and revels shocking new choices where we least
expect.
The future is Closer Than You Think.
breathless tale of a new world where nothing is as 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 bizarre with the genuinely frightening and disturbing, NEXT
shatters our assumptions and revels shocking new choices where we least
expect.
The future is Closer Than You Think.
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