Next - Softcover

Crichton, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060873167 ISBN 13: 9780060873165

Publisher: Harper, 2007

Synopsis

Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park, comes an astounding, eye-opening look at the world of genetics as it's happening now, told as only Michael Crichton can tell it, with lightening fast pacing and thrilling chases.

Welcome to our genetic world. Fast, furious, and out of control. This is not the world of the future--it's the world right now. 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.

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Review:

"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

"As entertaining as anything he has written since Jurassic Park."--Dallas Morning News

"NEXT is one of Mr. Crichton's more un-put-downable novels. Its emphasis is on excitement."--New York Times

"(Crichton) carouses through the landscape of scientific development, presenting one frightening possibility after another. Michael Crichton isn't for scaredybabies."--Daily News

"NEXT will frighten, worry and amuse you, and keep you thinking long after its final words are read. Highly recommended."--Bookreporter.com

"A satirical thriller that will have bookworms glued to their armchairs."--Denver Post

"NEXT is a page-turner, natuarlly; deft and dashing, eminently professional. "--Daily Telegraph (London)

"You realize what [Crichton]'s fictionalizing could be happening now, not "Next." And that's what makes it all so terrifying."--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Read this book. It's enough to scare the DNA out of you."--Baton Rouge Advocate

From the Publisher:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0060873167
• ISBN 13: 9780060873165
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 560