false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172542712m/187899.jpg 187899 11 A cult novel in France, this sci-fi thriller is now being made into a movie by Mathieu Kassovitz. Set in the hidden "flesh and chip" breeding grounds of the first cyborg communities and peopled by Serbian Mafiosi, <i>Babylon Babies</i> has as its hero a hard-boiled leatherneck veteran of Sarajevo named Thoorop who is hired by a mysterious source to escort a young woman named Marie Zorn from Russia to Canada. A garden variety job, he figures. But when Thoorop is offered an even higher fee by another organization, he realizes Marie is no ordinary girl. A schizophrenic and the possible carrier of a new artificial virus, Marie is carrying a mutant embryo created by an American cult that dreams of producing a genetically modified messiah, a dream that spells out the end of human life as we know it.<br /> <br /> Inspired by Philip K. Dick, William S. Burroughs, Gilles Deleuze, and other extrapolationists of the future, <i>Babylon Babies</i> unfolds at breakneck speed as Thoorop risks his life to save Marie, whose brain -- linking to the neuromatrix -- loses all limits and becomes the universe itself. Exploring the symbiosis between organic matter and computer power to spin new forms of consciousness, Maurice Dantec rides Nietzsche's prophecy: "Man is something to be overcome." 2512421 1999 Babylon Babies (Semiotext(e) / Native Agents) total:55|5:11|4:16|3:20|2:6|1:2| 55 193 136 19 4 0 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 11:27:59 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 11:40:13 -0800 2009
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What I saw was the 90 mins short version of the film. France is 101 mins, Director cut is 161 mins.

So, I watched the Special features and saw this book. Actually not bad for a sci fi book written by a French spe...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 16:06:23 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 16:50:23 -0700 2008
There's some awesome writing that peeks out from the pretentiousness, and a great story buried in the new age/ transhuman drivel. I'm kind of intrigued to see what they do with the movie. Pared down this book would kick major ass in the post-cyberpunk mili...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Sep 02 06:57:03 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 27 08:50:16 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 02 06:57:03 -0700 2009 is French and, contrarian that I am, I like French things, especially the French concept of SF, which is far more fluid than the Anglophone.]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Sep 06 04:42:41 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 14:46:32 -0700 2008 2 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Apr 25 09:36:44 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 26 08:47:59 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Sat Apr 14 14:32:59 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 15 04:01:30 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 18 15:40:30 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 22 09:39:46 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Feb 11 18:55:17 -0800 2009 Fri Aug 22 15:26:16 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 11 18:55:17 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 24 03:40:07 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 03:41:01 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sat Nov 07 06:41:30 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 06:41:30 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=187899