From Michael Crichton, the #1 bestselling author of Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain, comes a devilishly clever, breathless tale of a new world where nothing is what it seems, and genetic ownership shatters our assumptions.
Welcome to our genetic world.
Fast, furious, and out of control.
This is not the world of the future--it's the world right now.
Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blonds becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only four hundred 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?
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....
The future is closer than you think.
About the Author :
Michael Crichton (1942-2008) was the author of the bestselling novels The Terminal Man, The Great Train Robbery, Jurassic Park, Sphere, Disclosure, Prey, State of Fear, Next and Dragon Teeth, among many others. His books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, have been translated into forty languages, and have provided the basis for fifteen feature films. He wrote and directed Westworld, The Great Train Robbery, Runaway, Looker, Coma and created the hit television series ER. Crichton remains the only writer to have a number one book, movie, and TV show in the same year.
Daniel H. Wilson is a Cherokee citizen and author of the New York Times bestselling Robopocalypse and its sequel Robogenesis, as well as ten other books. He recently wrote the Earth 2: Society comic book series for DC Comics. Wilson earned a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as master's degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. He has published over a dozen scientific papers and holds four patents. Wilson lives in Portland, Oregon.
Dylan Baker, an award-winning stage performer and Tony(R) nominee, has appeared in over 20 films, among them A Gentleman's Game, Random Hearts, and Happiness; he has been a series regular on Murder One and Feds.
Review :
"Next is a tribute to Crichton's storytelling skill...the documentation he sprinkles throughout the narrative teases us with speculation."
-- "Los Angeles Times"
"Next is one of Mr. Crichton's more un-put-downable novels. Its emphasis is on excitement."
-- "New York Times"
"Next is populated with blood-pressure-raising villains who will keep you turning the pages."
-- "Forbes"
"[Crichton's] in top form with Next...There's a lot to like and to scare you."
-- "USA Today"
"[Crichton] invites a mass audience irresistibly into some of the Most Important Conversations We're Not Having."
-- "Time"
"A compulsively readable beach book about the dawn of the biotech revolution."
-- "National Review"
"A satirical thriller that will have bookworms glued to their armchairs."
-- "Denver Post"
"Crichton addresses complex contemporary issues...into thrilling reads."
-- "Newsweek"
"Crichton's latest tech-thriller raises fascinating ethical questions."
-- "Christian Science Monitor"
"Dylan Baker gives one of those magical performances in which the narrator disappears and a world appears, populated by amoral biogeneticists, bounty hunters, bullies, and lawyers...Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award."
-- "AudioFile"
"Under Crichton's imaginative scrutiny, body-part theft, the extinction of blonds and transgenic experiments...all loom on the horizon."
-- "People"
