{"product_id":"next-paperback-2","title":"Next - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Crichton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Crichton, the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eJurassic Park\u003c\/em\u003e, comes an astounding, eye-opening look at the world of genetics as it's happening now, told as only Michael Crichton can tell it, with lightening fast pacing and thrilling chases.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome 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 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe 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; test our spouses for genetic maladies and even frame someone for a genetic crime. 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... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevilishly clever, \u003cem\u003eNext\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe 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 . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevilishly clever, \u003cem\u003eNext\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNext challenges our sense of reality and notions of morality. 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There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction--is it worse than the disease? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe 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 . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevilishly clever, \u003cem\u003eNext\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNext challenges our sense of reality and notions of morality. 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