false <![CDATA[Next]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165637851m/7661.jpg 7661 37 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? <br><br> 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. <br><br> 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... <br><br> Devilishly clever, <i>Next</i> 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. <br><br> <i>Next</i> challenges our sense of reality and notions of morality. Balancing the comic and the bizarre with the genuinely frightening and disturbing, <i>Next</i> shatters our assumptions and reveals shocking new choices where we least expect. <br><br> The future is closer than you think. 2821071 book 28 11 2006 Next total:6423|5:724|4:1680|3:2337|2:1221|1:461| 6423 20254 8189 1021 1 10 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Nov 02 11:10:24 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 06 23:26:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 5 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 15 12:32:14 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 13:04:14 -0800 2008 really broke towards the tail end of last month. But, you know, broke or not, I still needed something to read - I was just going to have to content myself with one of those trashy, $7.99 paperbacks. And, lemme tell ya, pickings are slim.

So I got a Michael Crichton boo...more...]]> 5 5 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 22 14:32:27 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 15:43:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Tue Nov 25 20:31:24 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 18:47:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 16:14:37 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 16:34:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 2 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 10:30:35 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 10:56:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 00:14:28 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 00:22:30 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 20:50:55 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 10:43:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 03:03:27 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 03:04:08 -0700 2008 Michael Crichton's Next is a tense thriller that makes the reader quite nervous. The fact that Crichton is well known for his well-researched books, and a glance at the bibliography, makes me feel a bit uncomfortable about genetic engineering in science today. There are several good characters, but...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jul 21 10:07:16 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 10:36:51 -0700 2008
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Hmmm, Michael Crichton, author of Jurasic Park - that was supposed to be good? Right?

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I'm not going to complain about the loads of information: I went into '...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=7661