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 or 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 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. Get used to it.
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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.
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 blonds becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only four hundred 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....
The future is closer than you think.
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: OKAZ. Bienvenue dans l'ère des manipulations génétiques. Brutale, anarchique, dangereuse.Ce n'est pas "pour bientôt". Ca a déjà commencé.Gérard, un perroquet surdoué en mathématiques, Dave, un enfant mi-chimpanzé, mi-humain à la suite d'une malencontreuse manipulation génétique, John, Alex et Jamie, une famille américaine atteinte d'une anomalie cellulaire extrêmement rare, tels sont les héros du monde délirant de Next.John Burnet, atteint d'un cancer, apprend que son médecin traitant a vendu ses cellules à un laboratoire de recherches en génétique. Le laboratoire les a brevetées. ainsi John n'est plus le propriétaire de ses propres cellules et le labo peut, quand il le désire, lui en prélever. Affolé, John disparaît. Le labo se tourne alors vers sa fille et son petit-fils, qui partagent son patrimoine génétique. Pions déshumanisés d'une bataille scientifique qui les dépasse, Alex et Jamie deviennent le gibier d'une chasse à l'homme terrifiante. Leurs alliés les plus inattendus dans ce monde où toutes les frontières de la morale et du bon sens sont transgressées sont Gérard, le perroquet qui se prend pour un homme, et Dave, le singe transformé en petit garçon. Deux de ces hybrides monstrueux dotés de raison et de sentiments qui, demain, peupleront peut-être nos villes. L'enjeu : le contrôle pharmaceutique des gènes de l'humanité et les millions de dollars qui vont avec. Les victimes : nous tous.Nous pensions ce monde encore lointain ? Non, nous y sommes déjà ! Michael Crichton ne fait qu'anticiper de quelques années, de quelques mois, ce qui pourrait arriver. Lorsque les frontières du vivant deviennent floues et que la barrière des espèces est aussi facile à franchir qu'un tourniquet, cela donne Next : ce qui arrive quand la science devient science-fiction.Bienvenue dans le monde cruel, délirant, dangereux des manipulations génétiques. - Nombre de page(s) : 474 - Poids : 715g - Langue : ANGLAIS (ETATS-UNIS) - Genre : Policier / Thriller grand format BEST-SELLERS. Seller Inventory # O188310-666