Next

""Next"" according to Sean Ireland. This book will get you seriously thinking about the ramifications of legal Patent rights concerning the identification and "creation" of specific types of DNA manipulation used for 'engineering' in both animal and human species. This book, of course, is a fictional account of what could easily occur should multiple Patents' be obtained on genetic engineering. I would have given this book a 5-star rating but for the fact it is sometimes hard to keep all the individual story-lines and characters in order. Michael Crichton, once again, proves his expertise in cutting-edge scientific t. "Crichton fans will enjoy it, but maybe not for everyone" according to tryanmax. I give the book four stars as a fan of Michael Crichton, but I recognize his style isn't for everyone. If you are expecting another Jurassic Park, you'll probably be let down. However, if you enjoy Crichton for his technical savvy and ability to write an at least compelling story around a prescient topic, then you won't be let down. As usual, Crichton injects a variety of viewpoints on a hot topic, in this case genetic experimentation, into a fictional account designed to make you really think about the subject. The highs are never as high as one might hope, but neither are the low. NEXT Carole Goller Keeth NEXT, I AM READING THIS 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 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? What's coming Next? Get a hint of what Michael Crichton sees on the horizon in this short video clip: high bandwidth or low bandwidth 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. 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. We live in a time when one fi

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. 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. Performed by Dylan Baker. 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