02393nam a22003257a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020003000062040005900092100004400151245004200195250002000237260005100257300006200308336002200370337002500392338002400417504004100441520122500482521001101707541004801718546002101766650002401787650003401811655002301845942001201868998002801880999001701908952014201925OSt20260421114750.0061004s2006    nyua|||| |||| 00| 1 eng d  a9780060872984 [hardbound]  aUniversity of Cebu-BaniladcUniversity of Cebu-Banilad  aCrichton, Michael,d1942-2008eauthor.   aNext : ba novel /cMichael Crichton.  aFirst edition.   aNew York :bHarperCollins Publishers, cc2006.  a431 pages : billustrations (black and white) ; c24 cm.   2rdacontentatext   2rdamediaaunmediated  2rdacarrieravolume   aIncludes bibliographical references.  a"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  aAdult   xLauron, RodelloyGeneral EducationzFiction  aText in English   aGenetics vFiction.  aMutation (Biology) vFiction.  aSuspense fiction.   2ddccBK  cJanna [new]d07/11/2025  c13750d13750  00102ddc4070aUCBL_MAINbUCBL_MAINcFICd2025-07-11eBig Bad Wolf g90.00l0oF C86n 2006p3UCBL000025962r2025-07-11w2025-07-11yFIC