Next by Michael Crichton audiobook

Next

By Michael Crichton
Read by Dylan Baker

HarperAudio, HarperCollins 9780062227195

Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781665064163

  • ISBN: 9781665064156

  • ISBN: 9781665064170

Runtime: 13.87 Hours
Category: Fiction
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

A USA Today bestseller

A Publishers Weekly bestseller

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.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Next is one of Mr. Crichton’s more un-put-downable novels. Its emphasis is on excitement.” —New York Times
“Under Crichton’s imaginative scrutiny, body-part theft, the extinction of blonds and transgenic experiments...all loom on the horizon.” —People
“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
“Crichton addresses complex contemporary issues...into thrilling reads.” —Newsweek
“[Crichton’s] in top form with Next...There’s a lot to like and to scare you.” —USA Today
“Next is a tribute to Crichton’s storytelling skill...the documentation he sprinkles throughout the narrative teases us with speculation.” —Los Angeles Times
“[Crichton] invites a mass audience irresistibly into some of the Most Important Conversations We’re Not Having.” —Time
“Crichton’s latest tech-thriller raises fascinating ethical questions.” —Christian Science Monitor
“A compulsively readable beach book about the dawn of the biotech revolution.” —National Review
“Next is populated with blood-pressure-raising villains who will keep you turning the pages.” —Forbes
“A satirical thriller that will have bookworms glued to their armchairs.” —Denver Post

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Author

Author Bio: Michael Crichton

Author Bio: Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton (1942–2008) is one of the most prolific bestselling authors of all time with over 200 million copies sold worldwide, in forty languages, including Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Sphere, Next, Prey, Disclosure, Eaters of the Dead, and Congo. His books have been adapted into fifteen films, most notably Jurassic Park directed by Steven Spielberg which launched one of the highest-grossing entertainment franchises of all time. A remarkable and versatile talent, Crichton wrote and directed several films including Westworld, The Great Train Robbery (based on his novel), and Coma and created the television series ER. He received his MD from Harvard Medical School and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. After writing novels under the pseudonyms John Lange and Jeffery Hudson while he was still a medical student, his first bestseller as Michael Crichton, The Andromeda Strain, was adapted into a classic film.

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Available Formats : CD, Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Fiction
Runtime: 13.87
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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