New Orbit Magazine Issue 08; Feb 2020, The Future of Animals

Michael Chrichton
Famed science fiction novelist Michael Crichton – who gave
us Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain, Micro, and Prey to name
a few culture-changing classics, presents a terrifyingly relevant
future in his final novel published in his lifetime.
“Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes
becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same
species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes; is
that why an adult human being resembles a chimp fetus? And
should that worry us? There’s a new genetic cure for drug
addiction—is it worse than the disease?”
The scientific advancements we make in medicine, health,
and often other kinds of tehchnology, entertainment, and
luxuries, go through animals first. Sometimes, they depend on
animals entirely. Crichton’s Next tells the story of a world
awash with genetic engineering at every turn – for better or for
worse. And, like the advances described in most of his stories,
you should be afraid.
Blurbs, images and information
collected from listed URLs
November 2006
https://www.amazon.com/Next-Michael-
Crichton/dp/0060873167