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Darwin's children

Greg Bear, Jean-Daniel Brèque, Scott Brick · 2001 · Novel

Setting: near future

Series: Darwin — #2

Synopsis

Greg Bear's Nebula Award--winning novel, Darwin's Radio, painted a chilling portrait of humankind on the threshold of a radical leap in evolution--one that would alter our species forever. Now Bear continues his provocative tale of the human race confronted by an uncertain future, where "survival of the fittest" takes on astonishing and controversial new dimensions.DARWIN'S CHILDRENEleven years have passed since SHEVA, an ancient retrovirus, was discovered in human DNA--a retrovirus that caused mutations in the human genome and heralded the arrival of a new wave of genetically enhanced humans. Now these changed children have reached adolescence . .

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Metadata

Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: ChildrenFictionHuman chromosome abnormalitiesHuman geneticsMutagensMutation (Biology)Parent and childScience FictionSocial controlVariation

isfdb_id: 23584

openlibrary_id: OL16497W

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