02279nam a22003257a 4500 OSt 20260421114750.0 061004s2006 nyua|||| |||| 00| 1 eng d 9780060872984 [hardbound] University of Cebu-Banilad University of Cebu-Banilad Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008 author. Next : a novel / Michael Crichton. First edition. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2006. 431 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm. rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume Includes bibliographical references. "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 an adult human being resembles a chimp fetus? And should that worry us? There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction - is it worse than the disease? 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 or 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 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. Get used to it." --Provided by the publisher Adult Lauron, Rodello General Education Fiction Text in English Genetics Fiction. Mutation (Biology) Fiction. Suspense fiction. ddc BK Janna [new] 07/11/2025 13750 13750 0 0 ddc 0 0 UCBL_MAIN UCBL_MAIN FIC 2025-07-11 Big Bad Wolf 90.00 0 F C86n 2006 3UCBL000025962 2025-07-11 2025-07-11 FIC