{"product_id":"2940170297542","title":"Next (Abridged)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIs 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe live in a time of momentous scientific leaps; a time when it's possible to sell our eggs and sperm online for thousands of dollars or test our spouses for genetic maladies. We live in a time when one fifth of all our genes are owned by someone else, and an unsuspecting person and his family can be pursued cross-country because they happen to have certain valuable genes within their chromosomes . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevilishly clever, \u003cem\u003eNext\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003cem\u003eNext\u003c\/em\u003e challenges our sense of reality and notions of morality. Balancing the comic and bizarre with the genuinely frightening and disturbing, \u003cem\u003eNext\u003c\/em\u003e shatters our assumptions, and reveals shocking new choices where we least expect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe future is closer than you think. Get used to it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerformed by Erik Singer\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150760067312,"sku":"2940170297542","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170297542_p0.jpg?v=1763796216","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170297542","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}