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Mutation
Parce que l'idée d'avoir un enfant surdoué lui semble attirante, parce qu'il a découvert les gènes qui permettent la croissance des cellules nerveuses et que le flou juridique est notable en matière de manipulation génétique, Victor Franck, chercheur en biotechnologie, décide de faire naître un enfant à l'intelligence sans limites. Créateur d'un être mi-prodige, mi-monstre, Frank pourra-t-il accepter que le génie scientifique de son fils se détourne des lois morales les plus essentielles ? Ou bien, tel Abraham, devra-t-il sacrifier la chair de sa chair ?Un livre qui nous tient en haleine jusqu'à la réponse finale, magistrale. Spécialiste incontesté du thriller médical, Robin Cook doit ses connaissances scientifiques à son expérience de chirurgien. Mutation est son huitième livre.
312 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1989
About the author
Robin Cook
191 books5,269 followersLibrarian Note: Not to be confused with British novelist Robin Cook a pseudonym of Robert William Arthur Cook.
Dr. Robin Cook (born May 4, 1940 in New York City, New York) is an American doctor / novelist who writes about medicine, biotechnology, and topics affecting public health.
He is best known for being the author who created the medical-thriller genre by combining medical writing with the thriller genre of writing. His books have been bestsellers on the "New York Times" Bestseller List with several at #1. A number of his books have also been featured in Reader's Digest. Many were also featured in the Literary Guild. Many have been made into motion pictures.
Cook is a graduate of Wesleyan University and Columbia University School of Medicine. He finished his postgraduate medical training at Harvard that included general surgery and ophthalmology. He divides his time between homes in Florida, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts where he lives with his wife Jean. He is currently on leave from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He has successfully combined medical fact with fiction to produce a succession of bestselling books. Cook's medical thrillers are designed, in part, to make the public aware of both the technological possibilities of modern medicine and the ensuing ethical conundrums.
Cook got a taste of the larger world when the Cousteau Society recruited him to run its blood - gas lab in the South of France while he was in medical school. Intrigued by diving, he later called on a connection he made through Jacques Cousteau to become an aquanaut with the US Navy Sealab when he was drafted in the 60's. During his navy career he served on a nuclear submarine for a seventy-five day stay underwater where he wrote his first book! [1]
Cook was a private member of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Board of Trustees, appointed to a six-year term by the President George W. Bush.[2]
[edit] Doctor / Novelist
Dr. Cook's profession as a doctor has provided him with ideas and background for many of his novels. In each of his novels, he strives to write about the issues at the forefront of current medical practice.
To date, he has explored issues such as organ donation, genetic engineering,fertility treatment, medical research funding, managed care, medical malpractice, drug research, drug pricing, specialty hospitals, stem cells, and organ transplantation.[3]
Dr. Cook has been remarked to have an uncanny ability to anticipate national controversy. In an interview with Dr.Cook, Stephen McDonald talked to him about his novel Shock; Cook admits the timing of Shock was fortuitous. "I suppose that you could say that it's the most like Coma in that it deals with an issue that everybody seems to be concerned about," he says, "I wrote this book to address the stem cell issue, which the public really doesn't know much about. Besides entertaining readers, my main goal is to get people interested in some of these issues, because it's the public that ultimately really should decide which way we ought to go in something as that has enormous potential for treating disease and disability but touches up against the ethically problematic abortion issue."[4]
Keeping his lab coat handy helps him turn our fear of doctors into bestsellers. "I joke that if my books stop selling, I can always fall back on brain surgery," he says. "But I am still very interested in being a doctor. If I had to do it over again, I would still study medicine. I think of myself more as a doctor who writes, rather than a writer who happens to be a doctor." After 35 books,he has come up with a diagnosis to explain why his medical thrillers remain so popular. "The main reason is, we all realize we are at risk. We're all going to be patients sometime," he says. "You can write about great white sharks or haunted houses, and you can say I'm not going into the ocean or I'm not going in haunted houses, but you can't say you're n
Dr. Robin Cook (born May 4, 1940 in New York City, New York) is an American doctor / novelist who writes about medicine, biotechnology, and topics affecting public health.
He is best known for being the author who created the medical-thriller genre by combining medical writing with the thriller genre of writing. His books have been bestsellers on the "New York Times" Bestseller List with several at #1. A number of his books have also been featured in Reader's Digest. Many were also featured in the Literary Guild. Many have been made into motion pictures.
Cook is a graduate of Wesleyan University and Columbia University School of Medicine. He finished his postgraduate medical training at Harvard that included general surgery and ophthalmology. He divides his time between homes in Florida, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts where he lives with his wife Jean. He is currently on leave from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He has successfully combined medical fact with fiction to produce a succession of bestselling books. Cook's medical thrillers are designed, in part, to make the public aware of both the technological possibilities of modern medicine and the ensuing ethical conundrums.
Cook got a taste of the larger world when the Cousteau Society recruited him to run its blood - gas lab in the South of France while he was in medical school. Intrigued by diving, he later called on a connection he made through Jacques Cousteau to become an aquanaut with the US Navy Sealab when he was drafted in the 60's. During his navy career he served on a nuclear submarine for a seventy-five day stay underwater where he wrote his first book! [1]
Cook was a private member of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Board of Trustees, appointed to a six-year term by the President George W. Bush.[2]
[edit] Doctor / Novelist
Dr. Cook's profession as a doctor has provided him with ideas and background for many of his novels. In each of his novels, he strives to write about the issues at the forefront of current medical practice.
To date, he has explored issues such as organ donation, genetic engineering,fertility treatment, medical research funding, managed care, medical malpractice, drug research, drug pricing, specialty hospitals, stem cells, and organ transplantation.[3]
Dr. Cook has been remarked to have an uncanny ability to anticipate national controversy. In an interview with Dr.Cook, Stephen McDonald talked to him about his novel Shock; Cook admits the timing of Shock was fortuitous. "I suppose that you could say that it's the most like Coma in that it deals with an issue that everybody seems to be concerned about," he says, "I wrote this book to address the stem cell issue, which the public really doesn't know much about. Besides entertaining readers, my main goal is to get people interested in some of these issues, because it's the public that ultimately really should decide which way we ought to go in something as that has enormous potential for treating disease and disability but touches up against the ethically problematic abortion issue."[4]
Keeping his lab coat handy helps him turn our fear of doctors into bestsellers. "I joke that if my books stop selling, I can always fall back on brain surgery," he says. "But I am still very interested in being a doctor. If I had to do it over again, I would still study medicine. I think of myself more as a doctor who writes, rather than a writer who happens to be a doctor." After 35 books,he has come up with a diagnosis to explain why his medical thrillers remain so popular. "The main reason is, we all realize we are at risk. We're all going to be patients sometime," he says. "You can write about great white sharks or haunted houses, and you can say I'm not going into the ocean or I'm not going in haunted houses, but you can't say you're n
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February 1, 2024
O gosto pelos livros do Robin Cook vem da adolescência, quando ainda não tinha a minha biblioteca de livros e ainda não tinha definido o meu género literário preferido. Ia à biblioteca dos meus pais buscar livros para ler. Li todos os que encontrei do Robin Cook, focados na Medicina, pois o autor foi médico.
No final do ano passado fiz algumas trocas de livros e escolhi este.
Na narrativa deste livro conhecemos o casal Frank, que recorre a uma barriga de aluguer para ter o segundo filho. Marsha não pode ter mais filhos. Logo no início, deparamo-nos com o excesso de preocupação de Vítor Frank com a criança e só depois o leitor vai entender porquê.
Assim nasce VJ (Vítor Junior Frank) que apresenta uma inteligência muito acima da média. À medida que vamos lendo, vamos tomando conhecimento de outros casais com problemas de fertilidade que recorrem a barrigas de alugar e têm filhos muito inteligentes.
Vítor Frank tem uma empresa de fertilidade e é médico, vai ser ele o responsável pela inteligência fora do comum do filho. Não vou revelar muito mais, porque o factor surpresa é a chave do livro.
VJ quase vai arruinar carreira do pai.
Até onde pode ir o desejo da perfeição?
Adorei este livro, a narrativa envolve-nos obsessivamente, a cada capítulo lido acontecem mais revelações inesperadas. Além disso, o tema é muito pertinente.
Leiam. Este livro merecia um filme.
O único ponto negativo que aponto é a total ausência de revisão do texto. Estive para parar a leitura e só continuei, porque a narrativa é incrível.
No final do ano passado fiz algumas trocas de livros e escolhi este.
Na narrativa deste livro conhecemos o casal Frank, que recorre a uma barriga de aluguer para ter o segundo filho. Marsha não pode ter mais filhos. Logo no início, deparamo-nos com o excesso de preocupação de Vítor Frank com a criança e só depois o leitor vai entender porquê.
Assim nasce VJ (Vítor Junior Frank) que apresenta uma inteligência muito acima da média. À medida que vamos lendo, vamos tomando conhecimento de outros casais com problemas de fertilidade que recorrem a barrigas de alugar e têm filhos muito inteligentes.
Vítor Frank tem uma empresa de fertilidade e é médico, vai ser ele o responsável pela inteligência fora do comum do filho. Não vou revelar muito mais, porque o factor surpresa é a chave do livro.
VJ quase vai arruinar carreira do pai.
Até onde pode ir o desejo da perfeição?
Adorei este livro, a narrativa envolve-nos obsessivamente, a cada capítulo lido acontecem mais revelações inesperadas. Além disso, o tema é muito pertinente.
Leiam. Este livro merecia um filme.
O único ponto negativo que aponto é a total ausência de revisão do texto. Estive para parar a leitura e só continuei, porque a narrativa é incrível.
July 13, 2018
Quando a ciência ultrapassa os limites da ética moral e humana, o resultado pode ser devastador!
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December 2, 2021
Este é um dos livros mais assustadores de Robin Cook. Aparte os termos de biotecnologia, que me esforcei ao máximo por acompanhar, há uma componente psicológica bem trabalhada e que nos mantém em suspenso até ao final e para além deste.
Considerando os avanços da ciência á data em que este livro foi escrito, as questões que levanta e as preocupações envolvidas são bem reais, mesmo actualmente. Embora a manipulação genética faça já parte dos processos levados a cabo actualmente para animais e vegetais de consumo, está prática aplicada a seres humanos é ainda deveras controvérsia.
Haverão já humanos geneticamente modificados? Talvez...
Haverão consequências?
Considerando os avanços da ciência á data em que este livro foi escrito, as questões que levanta e as preocupações envolvidas são bem reais, mesmo actualmente. Embora a manipulação genética faça já parte dos processos levados a cabo actualmente para animais e vegetais de consumo, está prática aplicada a seres humanos é ainda deveras controvérsia.
Haverão já humanos geneticamente modificados? Talvez...
Haverão consequências?
October 29, 2023
Surpresa agradável. História original e macabra. Escrita acessível. Os capítulos podiam ser muito mais pequenos. Não dou 5 estrelas porque teve alguns momentos mais parados e porque achei que o final devia ter sido menos abrupto.
October 5, 2020
Muito bom, mas tem que ter paciência pra ler...
January 5, 2012
Acabei de virar a última página do livro, na esperança de que não fosse a última. Mas, infelizmente, a história acabava ali. Acabei o livro com os olhos colados às letras e o coração a bombear. Sr. Robin Cook, acha bem depois de escrever aquela última revelação, acabar assim com a história? Fica-se assim com o suspense e o mistério no ar. Mas eu acho que é por isso que o livro é tão bom e nos prende tanto, literalmente até à última linha. Toda a história é muito bem escrita. É um policial médico, que, para mim que tenho uma costela de biologia, é absolutamente fascinante. Este livro é uma aula de genética, mais especificamente de engenharia genética. E os perigos de esta ser usada indevidamente. A criança que o cientista, no ínicio do livro, cria (literalmente) é um autêntico monstro e era daquelas personagens que não queria encontrar ali na esquina. Mesmo que essa personagem só tenha 10 anos.
November 14, 2012
3,5*
Apesar de a ser tudo um pouco previsível, mesmo assim deu-me prazer lê-lo...
Apesar de a ser tudo um pouco previsível, mesmo assim deu-me prazer lê-lo...
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