I finished this book on Kindle for PC on December 29, and I loved it. Michael Crichton, in what seems to be a trend of his, touches on important issues. Of course the story itself is ficticious and many of the issues addressed are mere sci-fi for now, however in the near future, this will have been a warning. Next touches on genetic research (ethics & law) and genetic patenting.
This was the first book I read using Kindle for iPhone, and subsequently finished using Kindle for PC. Whenever I read a section I synced it up to Amazon and it was completely seamless to move between PC and iPhone, and presumably the Kindle (device).
I paid $8.39 USD for this Kindle book at Amazon. It was delivered instantly. I was happy.
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?
What’s coming Next? Get a hint of what Michael Crichton sees on the horizon in this short video clip: high bandwidth or low bandwidth
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.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…
Devilishly clever, Next 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.
Next challenges our sense of reality and notions of morality. Balancing the comic and the bizarre with the genuinely frightening and disturbing, Next shatters our assumptions and reveals shocking new choices where we least expect.
The future is closer than you think.
This book costs, $8.39 at Amazon.com, and equates to 560 pages.
This is also available at Audible for $24.48 (or one credit) for ~14 hours of book.
5/5 for sure!