Growing Young [Paperback]

Dean Warren (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2002

A dying Dr. Mark Langer finds a frightened microbiologist who has developed a cure for age. Rejuvenated by genetic engineering, Mark takes over the task of negotiating with the world who should win the treatment and how civilization must cope with the prospect of more overpopulation. He battles an assault on the White House, near assassination, and civil wars in his desperate attempt to stabilize a world upset by the advent of eternal life. His character changes via new neurons that replace those that have died over his long lifetime. He also rediscovers love and the many other joys of youth.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A powerful read for those concerned with the issues of aging and overpopulation in today's world. -- Linda Dunlap, author. July 13, 2002

Dean Warren's latest book, GROWING YOUNG,proves once again that he is a master of this writing genre. -- THE COMPULSIVE READER, November 25, 2002

GROWING YOUNG provides a profound and thoughtful saga about how the possibility of immortality could affect human society. -- Midwest Book Review, October 1, 2002

This book should be on your reading list. It explores important human issues in a funny and immensely readable way. -- Crows Nest Books, September 1, 2002

This is a very well done and intriguing story as well as a very thought provoking one. -- Scribes World Reviews, November 1, 2002 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Dean Warren lives with his wife in Orlando, Florida. Educated at UCLA, the London School of Economics, and Harvard, he sold aircraft in Southwest Asia, worked for the State Department, and retired as Director of Strategic Planning for a major Defense contractor. Since retirement, he has written hard science fiction. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 372 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corp (May 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401051626
• ISBN-13: 978-1401051624
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,739,805 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars A THINKING PERSON'S BOOK, November 13, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Growing Young (Hardcover)

Warren's book tells a story, packed with suspense, of what happens when a doctor concocts a method to reverse the human aging process. The regimen, requiring only a few days, could change a deathbed, eighty-year-old person to age twenty-five. The treatment would give this youngster an endless, disease-free life. The main character, Mark Langer an elderly retired former World Health Organization director, locates Dr. Susan Bastian who has fostered the scientific breakthrough. Susan gives him the treatment.

Mark suggests that Susan ascribe to his plan, a method that would include humans of all levels and a system regulated by a world wide government. The villains have different ideas, and two other methods of using the anti-aging scheme become a source of conflict. A wealthy industrialist wishes to preempt the doctor's secret and offer the treatment to those able to pay big bucks. Another faction from the criminal element plans to seize the doctor and take the full advantage of the regimen. Warren takes the reader through several creative and gripping twists as he weaves his thriller story into supprise ending.

This novel assumes that almost everyone would opt for new life through the anti-aging procedure. The premise being that, without controls, a serious population buildup would result. This reviewer began to question the assumption at mid point of the book when war over the aging cure broke out. What would I do if offered a chance to regain my youth and secure a boundless life? Is the fear of death at work here? These questions provoked some strong thoughts. I resolved that I would refuse the offered regimen. Death has no sting, considering what Christ tells us and what John says about the hereafter as recorded in Revelation 7:9-17.

I recommend you read this book; it will make you think.

5.0 out of 5 stars About the implications of a cure for aging, October 6, 2002

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Growing Young (Hardcover)

Growing Young by Dean Warren is an adventurous and intriguing science fiction novel about Dr. Mark Langer, an old man who is presented with a cure for aging. Langer undertakes the treatment and reverses his aging body to one the status of a robust and health 25 years. Yet in a world already crushed with overpopulation, how is he to see that this magnificent achievement is not abused for malevolent ends? Growing Young accomplishes what science fiction does best -- provides the reader with a profound and thoughtful saga about how the possibility of immortality could affect human society as a whole.