false <![CDATA[Invasive Procedures]]> 234731 4 George Galen is a brilliant scientist, a pioneer in gene therapy. But Galen is dangerously insane; he has created a method to alter human DNA, not just to heal diseases, but to "improve" people; make them stronger, make them able to heal more quickly, and make them compliant to his will. Frank Hartman is also a brilliant virologist, working for the government's ultra-secret bio-hazard agency. He has discovered how to neutralize Galen's DNA-changing virus, making him the one man who stands in the way of Galen's plan to "improve" the entire human race. This taut thriller takes the reader a few years into the future, and shows the promise and danger of new genetic medicine techniques. 2881891 18 9 2007 Invasive Procedures total:564|5:46|4:170|3:223|2:102|1:23| 564 1806 772 146 3 1 false false Thu Feb 05 06:59:39 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 06:47:59 -0800 2009 a) an inadequate level of hard-science as background to some fairly significant advances in genetic technologies.
b) some strained 'leaps-of-faith' of character behavior changes at some key points in the novel (no spoilers here).

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If you're considering buying/ reading this one, be aware that Card did not write it. It's based on one of his earliest short stories, and he collaborated with Aaron Johnston in planning it, but I have no doubt that every actual word was written by Aaron Johnston. Bles...more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 08:21:14 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 08:06:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 08:38:35 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 08:48:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false true Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 18:07:47 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 18:08:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 02 08:20:56 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 08:24:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 14:35:51 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 07:28:11 -0800 2009
If you enjoyed the mid-nineties movie "Outbreak," you'll love this relatively similar retelling by Orson Scott Card (technically) a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 10:15:37 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 12:04:18 -0800 2009
Basically there are a sect of people called "the Healers" and their original mission was to provide medical help to the homeless, their leader developed a gene therapy that ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 21:28:17 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 19:28:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 21:39:46 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 21:52:57 -0800 2008
An egocentric, delusional researcher sets out to create a new type of immortality by passing on his memories (via a memory chip implanted and wired into the brain) and genetically altering 5 people to have his DNA.
...more...]]> 2 0 true false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 22:51:13 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 13:02:57 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Oct 09 13:41:32 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 13:41:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 19:21:54 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 16:16:46 -0800 2008 A virus has been developed that is specific for a particular person - it targets the bad genes in them that cause various genetic ailments such as sickle-cell an...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 14:42:37 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 20 13:01:15 -0800 2009
This book was not, IMHO...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 15:38:30 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 10:04:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 14:59:28 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 15:08:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 25 17:27:04 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 04 13:45:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 14:06:17 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 14:19:25 -0700 2008 Invasive Procedures is based on a short story by Card. He and Aaron Johnston had lots of email conversations...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 23:33:48 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 10:12:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 25 22:26:44 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 22:31:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=234731