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Print length560 pages
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LanguageEnglish
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PublisherHarper
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Publication dateNovember 1, 2007
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Reading age14 - 18 years
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Dimensions1.26 x 4.19 x 7.5 inches
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ISBN-100060873167
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ISBN-13978-0060873165
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Editorial Reviews
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“[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 docmentation he sprinkles throughout the narrative teases us with speculation.” -- Los Angeles Times
“NEXT is a romp and a potboiler...a blockbuster science thriller...an entertaining read.” -- Philadelphia Inquirer
“Under Crichton’s imaginative scrutiny, body-part theft, the extinction of blonds and transgenic experiments...all loom on the horizon.” -- People
“His plot, involving a score of main characters and a dozen different strands, defies summary but is completely brilliant.” -- Daily Mail (London)
“[Crichton] invites a mass audience irresistibly into some of the Most Important Conversations We’re Not Having.” -- Time magazine
“Crichton creates a series of fascinating dramatic situations that hold a reader’s attention right down to the last page.” -- NPR (All Things Considered)
“Crichton addresses complex contemporary issues...into thrilling reads.” -- Newsweek
“Crichton has created a series of vivid, thought-provoking morality plays, presenting key questions engendered by genetic research.” -- Globe and Mail (Toronto)
“Crichton’s latest techo-thriller raises fascinating ethical questions.” -- Christian Science Monitor
“A compulsively readable beach book about the dawn of the biotech revolution.” -- National Review
“You realize what [Crichton]’s fictionalizing could be happening now, not “Next.” And that’s what makes it all so terrifying.” -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“As entertaining as anything he has written since Jurassic Park.” -- Dallas Morning News
“Read this book. It’s enough to scare the DNA out of you.” -- Baton Rouge Advocate
“NEXT will frighten, worry and amuse you, and keep you thinking long after its final words are read. Highly recommended.” -- Bookreporter.com
“A cracking pace...fast-moving plot with highly detailed research.” -- Sunday Telegraph (Australia)
“The writing is mentally sharp, with vignettes that make you wonder if you are reading satire or simply mild exagerration.” -- Houston Chronicle
“A satirical thriller that will have bookworms glued to their armchairs.” -- Denver Post
“(Crichton) is one of the most reliable purveyors of brain-engaged popular fiction at work today.” -- Sunday Express (London)
“It is devilishly clever...thoroughly enjoyable.” -- Aberdeen Press & Journal [Scotland]
“Crichton sets up mind-boggling scenarios. The pace and intrigue last to the final page.” -- News of the World (UK)
“A complex and credible extension of present reality into the realm of the imagination. A highly readable novel.” -- South China Morning Post
“NEXT is a page-turner, natuarlly; deft and dashing, eminently professional. ” -- Daily Telegraph (London)
“[Crichton’s] latest is in genetics and his literary success is assured.” -- Mail on Sunday
“[Crichton] is a punchy, modern storyteller. NEXT is a popular thriller worth serious reading.” -- Adelaide Advertiser
“A cracking dark tale about biotechnology and transgenics. Epic in style.” -- Birmingham Post (UK)
“(Crichton) carouses through the landscape of scientific development, presenting one frightening possibility after another. Michael Crichton isn’t for scaredybabies.” -- Daily News
“Wonderful...NEXT’s a regular romp.” -- Evening Standard (UK)
“Provocative and entertaining.” -- Calgary Sun
“NEXT is populated with blood-pressure-raising villains who will keep you turning the pages.” -- Forbes
From the Back Cover
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.
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.
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Product details
- Publisher : Harper; Reprint edition (November 1, 2007)
- Language : English
- Mass Market Paperback : 560 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0060873167
- ISBN-13 : 978-0060873165
- Reading age : 14 - 18 years
- Item Weight : 11.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 1.26 x 4.19 x 7.5 inches
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Best Sellers Rank:
#327,972 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,482 in Technothrillers (Books)
- #2,124 in Genetic Engineering Science Fiction (Books)
- #8,088 in Science Fiction Adventures
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But it brings up interesting topics and tosses in some education. The story had me eagerly awaiting the next chapter.
Bear in mind, this book is seriously unlike the others. If you are looking for a straight forward plot, you will not like this book. Crichton takes several story lines, some important and some not, and weaves them all together (expertly, I might add), detailing genetic progresses, problems, and possibilities, all while building to an expertly constructed finale. As such, the story takes time, and doesn't really take off until at least 1/3rd into the book, although I'd argue it's really more like 60% in that it catches fire.
If you can get through about half (which is not bad, just exhausting - names are plentiful and difficult to remember) you're set, because the rest of the book is dynamite, and the ending is so well done I found myself really in disbelief.
I might re-read it, just now that the story has been made clearer and so I can focus on the genetic aspect, but this is one of those books that is best the first time around, when you don't know how it will come together.
This is not even to get into how well this is researched. The genetic knowledge Crichton supplies is incredible.
Without a doubt, a must read.
Next is a failure as a novel. There are several storylines going on at once, which in itself is fine, but the novel jumps around from one storyline to the next in rather quick session making for a rather choppy and disjointed reading experience. Secondly, it paints a rather stark picture of the avarice, greed, and unethical pursuit of knowledge and profit among those investing in generic research. While certainly there is a grain or even a bushel of truth to this, Next goes too far. Only the most paranoid of conspiracy theorists and those who distrust every institution whether it be government, corporations, individuals, or universities would find Crichton's depiction of these organizations believable.
Worse is the peachiness of the novel. One court scene has a judge expounding from the bench what public policy should be on genetic research and applications, calling for legislatures to pass very specific laws to regulate it. This scene was so contrived and unbelievable as to completely ruin the suspension of disbelief a reader needs to enjoy a novel like this.
On the plus side for Next, it does explore some very interesting ethical and moral issues surrounding the use of genetics for human applications that society will have to grapple with. The problem is it doesn't do it very well.
This is collection of loosely related stories, all linked in some way or the other to either transgenic organisms or gene patenting; and all dosed under the light of the human science...being, well, all too human. Family obligations, personal choices, ambition, shortsightedness and pure greed bear much more influence on the outcome of the scientific process than most scientists will ever admit. I should know, I am a NeuroBiologist myself...
I found NEXT to be quite interesting, and eagerly followed some of the story-lines in the early morning hours. Yet, at the same time, there was no backbone to the story other than the cautionary message. This made the novel, at first to give the feeling of never-actually-taking-off, only to finally turn into an informative episodic collection of characters I hardly cared for.
This is, at most, a 3½ stars novel. I rounded it up (rather than down) because of the great books Crichton has given us in the past. My advise to Michael Crichton would be "no writer is big enough to totally ignore his editors".
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The plot hinges around biotech innovation and its cynically connection to financial backing - both collude to rip off the average joe. They are not just ripping of our money, but our very essence. None of this cartel even pretend they are in it for the good (or such thoughts are pretty quickly erased to make way for full-on collusion). They end up going to absurdly immoral lengths to protect their profits. The plot is deliberately structured to show how utterly degraded professionals and experts really are. The legal bit about genes being copyrighted and so future generations are 'owned' by the biotech company is given a fairly literal run out here.
I understand this is based upon conservative American fear about bio-engineering - Michael Sandel's Case Against Perfection is an eloquent statement of the non-cynical reasons for being suspicious. I understand there is fear about investment managers seeking profit-over-people, and the like, but this book drips with cynicism about anyone who is not just-plain-folks. Much of Robin Cook's writing about similar themes has clear distinctions between goodies and bodies, but they never seem to be plotted in anger like this.
Perhaps the threads are brilliantly drawn together at the end, but I'll never know because I gave up around 80% through.
But as usual with Crichton, it's put in as a fascinating story that a layman like me can understand.










