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008 061004s2006 nyua|||| |||| 00| 1 eng d
020 _a9780060872984 [hardbound]
040 _aUniversity of Cebu-Banilad
_cUniversity of Cebu-Banilad
100 _aCrichton, Michael,
_d1942-2008
_eauthor.
245 _aNext :
_ba novel /
_cMichael Crichton.
250 _aFirst edition.
260 _aNew York :
_bHarperCollins Publishers,
_cc2006.
300 _a431 pages :
_billustrations (black and white) ;
_c24 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 _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
521 _aAdult
541 _xLauron, Rodello
_yGeneral Education
_zFiction
546 _aText in English
650 _aGenetics
_vFiction.
650 _aMutation (Biology)
_vFiction.
655 _aSuspense fiction.
942 _2ddc
_cBK
998 _cJanna [new]
_d07/11/2025
999 _c13750
_d13750