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Sims by F. Paul Wilson (2003, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherDoherty Associates, LLC, Tom & Co
ISBN-100765305518
ISBN-139780765305510
eBay Product ID (ePID)2232288
Product Key Features
Book TitleSims
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicScience Fiction / Action & Adventure, Thrillers / General
Publication Year2003
FeaturesRevised
GenreFiction
AuthorF. Paul Wilson
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight25.8 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2002-035248
Reviews"F. Paul Wilson is among the finest storytellers of our time."-Rocky Mountain News "What comes through most clearly . . . is the author's unself-conscious enthusiasm for the craft of storytelling. . . . He's a solid, dependable talent."-San Francisco Chronicle, "F. Paul Wilson is among the finest storytellers of our time."- Rocky Mountain News "What comes through most clearly . . . is the author's unself-conscious enthusiasm for the craft of storytelling. . . . He's a solid, dependable talent." -San Francisco Chronicle
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisFrom the near future, as the science of genetics fulfils its potential, comes the story of a world where genetically transmitted diseases are being eliminated; where tedious manual labour is being transferred to sims, genetically engineered chimps who occupy a grey zone between simian and human., F. Paul Wilson, a practicing physician as well as the bestselling author of the Repairman Jack series, turns his attention to the day after tomorrow and shows us how genetic engineering might change the world. Just a few hundred genes separate humans from chimpanzees. Imagine someone altering the chimp genome, splicing in human genes to increase the size of the cranium, reduce the amount of body hair, enable speech. What sort of creature would result? Sims takes place in the very near future, when the science of genetics is fulfilling its vaunted potential. It's a world where genetically transmitted diseases are being eliminated. A world where dangerous or boring manual labor is gradually being transferred to "sims," genetically altered chimps who occupy a gray zone between simian and human. The chief innovator in this world is SimGen, which owns the patent on the sim genome and has begun leasing the creatures worldwide. But SimGen is not quite what it seems. It has secrets . . . secrets beyond patents and proprietary processes . . . secrets it will go to any lengths to protect. Sims explores this brave new world as it is turned upside down and torn apart when lawyer Patrick Sullivan decides to try to unionize the sims. Right now, as you read these words, some company somewhere in the world is toying with the chimp genome. That is not fiction, it is fact. Sims is a science thriller that will come true. One way or another.
LC Classification NumberPS3573.I45695S57
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