false 64923 21 All the best thrillers contain the solution to a mystery, and the mystery in this intellectually sparkling scientific thriller is more crucial and stranger than most. Why are people turning against their neighbors and their newborn children? And what is causing an epidemic of still births? A disgraced paleontologist and a genetic engineer both come across evidence of cover-ups in which the government is clearly up to no good. But no one knows what's really going on, and the government is covering up because that is what, in thrillers as in life, governments do. And what has any of this to do with the discovery of a Neanderthal family whose mummified faces show signs of a strange peeling? <p>Greg Bear has spent much of his recent career evoking awe in the deep reaches of space, but he made his name with <I>Blood Music</I>, a novel of nanotechnology that crackled with intelligence. His new book is a workout for the mind and a stunning read; human malignancy has its role in his thriller plot, but its real villain, as well as its last best hope, is the endless ingenious cruelty of the natural world and evolution. <I>--Roz Kaveney, Amazon.co.uk</I> 2878580 book 1999 Darwin's Radio total:1289|5:237|4:484|3:409|2:134|1:25| 1289 4641 1779 130 2 1 false false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 07:18:21 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 07:44:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Sep 21 13:20:11 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 13:24:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Sep 07 06:19:56 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 06:20:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 19:26:42 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 20:38:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 19:12:52 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 19:13:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Nov 30 10:22:08 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 10:22:27 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 06:36:17 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 06:37:59 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2 6 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 18:12:14 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 18:24:57 -0700 2009 recommended this to me b...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 11:30:59 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 07:06:01 -0700 2009
Mitch Rafelson is climbing in the mountains with his ex-lover and another man,...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 20:13:45 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 17:45:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 18:25:56 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 23:27:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 19:44:04 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 11:38:39 -0700 2009
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Still fun, though not as cool as I remember. It's a nice little hard sci-fi thriller, with enough believable (though not necessarily accurate or sound) science to make it interesting. Viral DNA in our own genome has mysteriously been a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 09:05:35 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 09:36:58 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 11:49:17 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 12:54:17 -0700 2008
Its at times like these that I understand the True Value of Reader's Digest Condensed Books. Trim it down by half, cut out the turgid subplots, the rambling characters who...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 15:37:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 15:45:56 -0700 2008
Well, a few reasons I guess. It was longer than it needed to be. The author prides himself on diving very deep into the science of ...more...]]>