金石堂Welcome to our genetic world.
Fast, furious, and out of control.
This is not the world of the future-it's the world right now.
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?
We 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; test our spouses for genetic maladies and even frame someone for a genetic crime.
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. . . .
Devilishly clever, Next 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. Next challenges our sense of reality and notions of morality. Balancing the comic and bizarre with the genuinely frightening and disturbing, Next shatters our assumptions, and reveals shocking new choices where we least expect.
The future is closer than you think. Get used to it.
作者簡介
麥克‧克萊頓（Michael Crichton）
一九四二年生於芝加哥，由於從小的想像力就格外豐富，十七歲首度投稿至《紐約時報》就被採用，一心嚮往文學之路，於是進入哈佛大學文學系就讀，後來轉念考古人類學系，畢業後進入醫學院繼續深造，並曾在著名的沙克生物研究室做過研究。
克萊頓才華洋溢，作品無數，一九六八年的第一部小說《死亡手術室》就獲得美國年度最佳懸疑小說獎，其他的還包括膾炙人口的《侏儸紀公園》、《桃色機密》、《火車大劫案》、《剛果驚魂》、《神秘之球》、《時間線》、《奈米獵殺》等雄踞排行榜的暢銷小說，以及《五位病人》、《電子生活》等非小說著作。由於小說中融合了最新的科技技術與知識，筆法驚悚而震懾人心，又被稱為「科技恐怖小說之父」。他的所有作品在全球狂銷，總冊數已難以估計，並被翻譯成三十種語言，其中十二本更躍登大銀幕，屢屢刷新票房賣座紀錄。他除了是暢銷書排行榜上的常勝軍，也是世界知名的導演，曾經執導過數部電影，作品有《火車大劫案》、《西方世界》、《神秘美人局》等，其所擔綱編劇的熱門電視影集《急診室的春天》，更在艾美獎等獎項中大放異彩，榮獲多項殊榮。
允文允武的克萊頓不僅縱橫文壇、電影，在電腦方面的成績亦相當亮麗。由於對電腦的熱中，他曾經營一家軟體公司FilmTrack，於一九八○年代為電影的拍攝設計出許多電腦程式，而其執導的《西方世界》，便是首部應用電腦特效的電影。
