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by Michael Crichton (Author)
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Bestseller Crichton (Jurassic Park) once again focuses on genetic engineering in his cerebral new thriller, though the science involved is a lot less far-fetched than creating dinosaurs from DNA. In an ambitious effort to show what's wrong with the U.S.'s current handling of gene patents and with the laws governing human tissues, the author interweaves many plot strands, one involving a California researcher, Henry Kendall, who has mixed human and chimp DNA while working at NIH. Kendall produces an intelligent hybrid whom he rescues from the government and tries to pass off as a fully human child. Some readers may be disappointed by the relative lack of action, the lame attempts to lighten the mood with humor (especially centering on an unusually bright parrot named Gerard), and the contrived convergence of the main characters toward the end. Still, few can match Crichton in crafting page-turners with intellectual substance, and his opinions this time are less likely to create a firestorm than his controversial take on global warming in 2004's State of Fear.
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Through fake tongue-in-cheek headlines and imaginative creations like transgenic (TG) dachshund-sized pet cockroaches, Perma-puppies, and deviant cacti growing human hair, Crichton gives listeners a satirical thriller with plenty to think about and more than a few giggles. Are your cells subject to eminent domain? Is genetic engineering already tinkering with transgenic animals and hybridizations? Through several stories that intersect, 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. Baker is a full-cast recording, creating an especially appealing Davy, a "humanzee." And as Gerard, a TG parrot who imitates famous movie lines, Baker is at his best, doing Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, and a fantastic Bette Davis. Lots of fun. S.J.H. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars An important, timely novel but not without its flaws, Nov 30 2006
By Mark Wakely (Lombard, Illinois) - See all my reviews
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Michael Crichton does in Next what he's always done so well in his novels- he explores the scientifically possible and shows us how our decisions to use (or misuse) new technologies can lead to unintended, even disastrous consequences.

Although a case could be made that there are enough characters and plotlines in Next for three or four novels, Crichton's intentions seem to be to deliberately overwhelm us with the dizzying pace of genetic research and all the opportunities for both tremendous good and alarming malevolence in its application. A true Pandora's box in that our scientific curiosity can sometimes get the better of us, the more we learn how to tinker with the very building blocks of life, the more temptations we face to play God. And as Crichton correctly demonstrates in his multi-layered novel, these temptations will not be meted out in some easily digestible fashion, they will come screaming at us in ever increasing numbers until our ability to distinguish the good from the bad is overwhelmed. And just like those multitude of spirits Pandora set free, there will be no going back into the box- discoveries might be lost, but they aren't unmade, particularly ones of this significance and magnitude.

The upside in Next: the end to most diseases and genetic defects is finally within sight. The downside: with all the money involved, there comes a loss of individual privacy and even certain freedoms.

Crichton's first question: are these remarkable discoveries truly worth the price? Crichton's next two questions: will we ever really know the answer to the first question, and will it come too late?

One misstep on Crichton's part: the abrupt switches between story lines- he makes readers work harder than they should have to in order to follow along. But given the timeliness and importance of the story, it's worth the extra effort even though the problem could have been mitigated by some restructuring.

Nonetheless, as thrilling as anything he's ever written- made even more dramatic by the potential for some of it to come true, and sooner rather than later- Next is a worthy read.

-Mark Wakely, author of An Audience for Einstein
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4.0 out of 5 stars WISECRACKING GREY PARROTS & GREY ETHICAL AREAS, Mar 8 2008
By NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in geosynchronous orbit) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Next (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the best of Crichton and the worse of Crichton. Ever since the ANDROMEDA STRAIN, this is the writer that rides not just the zeitgeist wave but the very edge of biomedical breakthroughs - and makes great novels on the issues they raise. The SPHERE, CONGO, JURASSIC PARK are all excellent biothrillers. In NEXT he seems to have managed the first but neglected the later.

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 3.5 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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3.0 out of 5 stars Order Up!, Dec 21 2007
By Pol Sixe "hpolvi" (Thornhill, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Next (Mass Market Paperback)
a "torn from the headlines" book, i recognized some of the "news" flashes inserted between chapters - it's hard to tell fact from fiction though. Lots of talking animals, lawsuits, greedy scientists, scientific technobabble, multiple storylines that start, leap forward, then petri out. The narrative style seems to suit the modern quick-jump movie styles (Traffic, Babel, etc.) MC slams US policies in a number of areas and the ineffectiveness of the courts and Congress. On the whole, an entertaining, almost believable, book.
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3.0 out of 5 stars First Crichton Book
Alright, so this was the first novel that I have read by Michael Crichton...we can argue whether or not that is pathetic later on - for now, let's focus on the novel... Read more
Published 21 months ago by M. Kubica

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Book!!
This won't be a review, but more like a comment. You have to read this, if only for the character called Gerard, who's one of the funniest characters in literature.
Published 23 months ago by A. Laurentiu

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Crichton's best
I'd rate this book just below "Jurassic Park" and "State of Fear" but above Prey. Crichton always seems to create a exciting story around a current event. Read more
Published on Nov 9 2007 by A reviewer

5.0 out of 5 stars Please read this.
Devilishly clever, Next 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. Read more
Published on Nov 8 2007 by Abbyfry

5.0 out of 5 stars a very good read
In this book Michael gives us a view of the reckless attitude of our profit driven society where each individual has their own agenda. Read more
Published on Sep 7 2007 by Rudolph C. Mouthaan

3.0 out of 5 stars Next Not one of his Best
Michael Crichton's Next is fun to read and exposes a large number of existing and future problems and questions about biogenetics. Read more
Published on Jun 26 2007 by J. Beukema

4.0 out of 5 stars Crichton is back in good form...Finally!
Next was actually pretty good. After State of Fear, I was a bit worried if I would ever really enjoy another Crichton book out there. Read more
Published on May 22 2007 by DailyBagel

1.0 out of 5 stars First let-down from MC
I am normally a big fan of Michael Crichton, but this novel was sorely disappointing. The plot was slow and contrived, the finish anticlimatic, and the science was not even good... Read more
Published on Feb 11 2007 by Barnabus McGee

3.0 out of 5 stars Hoisted by his own petard
Next has a few interesting ideas, a great reliance on enormous coincidences to drive the plot (world's first transgenic parrot AND chimp ending up the same family), a massive and... Read more
Published on Feb 11 2007 by J Scott

3.0 out of 5 stars Good quick read
I've read a number of his books and found this one not as well written (but still fun to read). I've enjoyed past efforts where his research blends in well with a work of fiction... Read more
Published on Jan 10 2007 by EAV

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