Next
Author(s): Michael Crichton
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.
Review(s):
“NEXT is one of Mr. Crichton’s more un-put-downable novels. Its emphasis is on excitement.”
“[Crichton’s] in top form with NEXT....There’s a lot to like and to scare you.”
“[NEXT] is a tribute to Crichton’s storytelling skill...the docmentation he sprinkles throughout the narrative teases us with speculation.”
“NEXT is a romp and a potboiler...a blockbuster science thriller...an entertaining read.”
“Under Crichton’s imaginative scrutiny, body-part theft, the extinction of blonds and transgenic experiments...all loom on the horizon.”
“His plot, involving a score of main characters and a dozen different strands, defies summary but is completely brilliant.”
“[Crichton] invites a mass audience irresistibly into some of the Most Important Conversations We’re Not Having.”
“Crichton creates a series of fascinating dramatic situations that hold a reader’s attention right down to the last page.”
“Crichton addresses complex contemporary issues...into thrilling reads.”
“Crichton has created a series of vivid, thought-provoking morality plays, presenting key questions engendered by genetic research.”
ISBN: 9780060872984