Darwin's Radio
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.40 (635 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 034542333X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 430 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Now, in Darwin's Radio, Bear draws on state-of-the-art biological and anthropological research to give us an ingeniously plotted thriller that questions everything we believe about human origins and destiny--as civilization confronts the next terrifying step in evolution.A mass grave in Russia that conceals the mummified remains of two women, both with child--and the conspiracy to keep it secret a major discovery high in the Alps: the preserved bodies of a prehistoric family--the newborn infant possessing disturbing characteristics a mysterious disease that strikes only pregnant women, resulting in miscarriage. An evolutionary puzzle that will determine the future of the human race if a future exists at all.A fiercely intelligent, utterly enthralling novel of adventure and ideas, genetics and evolution, a fast-paced thriller that is grounded in the timeless human themes of struggle, loss, and redemption, Darwin's Radio is sure to become one of the most talked-about books of the year.. Now, as the outbreak of this terrifying disease threatens to become a deadly epidemic, Dicken
Very Long, But Each Page is Worth Reading One of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors. Bear manages both scientific rigor and a broad-scope look at human nature in this story about a virus in humanity's genes waking up.Although the book is VERY long, its vivid and interesting settings and characters along with a masterful slow reveal of nothing less than the next step in human evolution make each page worth reading.Highly recommended for anyone who's looking to indulge an intellectual sweet tooth.. "A disappointing effort" according to A Customer. This is one of those failed efforts where you keep hoping and expecting for the book to catch fire and become exciting or thoughtful, but it never actually happens. Its also a classic example of a book which is filled with little subplots which you reasonably expect will have some particular meaning to the overall story; in this case, however, the subplots simply exist on their own to no real use. You keep asking yourself, "so what was the point of". The real killer to many readers will be the fact that a large portion of the book . Slow beginning, sometimes flaky, but overall very good. Amazon recommended this book to me after reading Tess Gerrisen's _Gravity_. I generally take these recommendations with a grain of salt, so I checked out the author. Greg Bear is also responsible for a sequel to Asimov's _Foundation_ series. So I picked this book up as a sort of "test run" before reading Foundation 2.It was a little bit of effort to slog through the first sixty or so pages. Bear starts off kind of slow, with seemingly irrelevant details. In the end, the beginning does pretty well turn out to be irrelevant, but aids
And what has any of this to do with the discovery of a Neanderthal family whose mummified faces show signs of a strange peeling? Greg Bear has spent much of his recent career evoking awe in the deep reaches of space, but he made his name with Blood Music, a novel of nanotechnology that crackled with intelligence. Why are people turning against their neighbors and their newborn children? And what is causing an epidemic of still births? A disgraced paleontologist and a genetic engineer both come across evidence of cover-ups in which the government is clearly up to no good. All the best thrillers contain the solution to a mystery, and the mystery in this intellectually sparkling scientific thriller