NEXT
by Crichton, Michael
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- Condition
- UsedGood
- ISBN 10
- 0060872985
- ISBN 13
- 9780060872984
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Imperial, Missouri, United States
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Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Off The Shelf LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4WILKM00B9M1
- Title
- NEXT
- Author
- Crichton, Michael
- Book Condition
- UsedGood
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060872985
- ISBN 13
- 9780060872984
- Publisher
- Harpercollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- November 28, 2006