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Author: Michael Crichton
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2006-11-28
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Book Review: A Cautionary Tale
Summary: 2 Stars

The novel was arranged like a manuscript of many short stories and events. Most of the stories were very disjointed, making it very confusing to read about. Michael should have just done a short story collection of each storyline that he wrote, I think it would have made a greater impact that way. Because splitting the story up through 90 over chapters the way he did, just didn't seem to create a momentum when reading it.

That being said, this novel has some good research, most of it covers the legal aspects of patenting genes, the ethics of transgenic animals/pets and entertaining the idea to grow body parts from our own somatic cells. The latter was hardly touched on actually, more towards transgenics. It's almost like a wake-up call to everyone on what will actually happen if laws are passed to allow transgenics to be grown.

Michael has also stated that interfering with nature prevents transgenics from living a long life-span as compared to naturally occurring animals.

At the same time, Michael brought to us some future glimpses of what might happen, albeit a little far-fetched at present, of what it means to patent genes and cell lines and how it would affect all of us in the near future. It is a possibility that it might happen and yes, that's how drug, pharma and clinical trial companies will treat their subjects. They take what they want and discard the rest, and because you pass your cell line onto your future generation, they're also subjected to this kind of retrieval. Let's just hope it never comes to that.

This novel is only highly recommended to scientific minds, who will definitely be able to appreciate it more. It is recommended only to casual readers, as Michael has done quite a good job of making the novel readable to the layman.

So, if you're really interested in the future of genes, you should enjoy this novel as a preview of things to come should it actually happen - a cautionary tale!

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