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Next, by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins, 448 pp., $27.95)
IN reviewing Next, Michael Crichton's new novel of the biotech future, I have to begin with a disclosure. Crichton now footnotes his novels, and in the endnotes to this one he cites my book Liberation Biology--which he praises as "the clearest and most complete response to religious objections to biotechnology."
I can't be quite as full-throated in praise of Next, a sprawling, ungainly narrative mess of a techno-thriller. In typical Crichton fashion, the author interweaves a lot of fast-paced plots, some of which get lost without a trace. But you either like novels that read like proto-movie ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Bio hazard.(Next)(Book review)