The Chromosomal Code [Mass Market Paperback]

Lawrence Watt-Evans (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 204 pages
• Publisher: Avon Books (Mm); First Edition edition (May 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380872056
• ISBN-13: 978-0380872053
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 6.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,663,552 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I've been writing fantasy for thirty years... no, my fantasy's been published for thirty years. I've been writing it since I was eight. It's what I always wanted to do for a living, and I've been very fortunate in that I've been able to manage that. I try to write fantasy with an element of common sense to it -- not so much mythic archetypes as sensible people.

Other than my job, my life's pretty ordinary -- a nice house in a quiet neighborhood, a wife, two grown kids, and an overweight cat.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars One yellow-eyed man against the universe, July 4, 2002

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D. P. Broer (LEIDEN, ZH Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Chromosomal Code (Mass Market Paperback)

My, my, what a cocky hero we've got here. For years he has lived in frozen Pennsylvania, to be picked up by aliens who rule the earth. Though our hero hasn't seen much of the world and has lived like a caveman for years, he manages to keep out of the hands of the real rulers, who are after a secret, hidden in the DNA of his yellow eyes. It is thanks to his anti-social behaviour and his rude manners that he manages to shake them off all the time. Our unsympathic hero gets help everywhere, but never a moment of gratitude, which seems to be his survival.
I didn't find this novel half as entertaining as the other reviewer, but I've read worse.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ice ages, supernovas, genetic engineering, galactic empires., November 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Chromosomal Code (Mass Market Paperback)

In the 1990s, the Earth plunges into an Ice Age. Aliens come to rescue us, but really come to search for a person with golden eyes whose chromosomes contain the secret of how to blow up a star, encoded into his genes by a genetic engineer 35,000 years ago... A zillion wild ideas thrown at you machine gun style...a wild ride for a sci-fi-fan!

4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, novel read, January 16, 2006

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A being from Planet Earth (The Milky Way Galaxy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Chromosomal Code (Mass Market Paperback)

I liked this book. I read it years ago, and recently reread it. I thought it was an enjoyable read. It is 200 pages long, and goes pretty fast, and it had novel ideas. The aliens have come to earth looking for a yellow eyed human, and they find one. The story sort of goes on a roller coaster from there.