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Early Frank Herbert work, somewhat dated. This book is about a future Earth in which humans have genetically "structured" their lives. Only a very select view people are able and allowed to reproduce, and even that is in a clinical setting. The major theme of the book is how this is a bad idea and that nature will, eventually, assert itself. Throw in a smattering of politics and some cyborgs and there you have it.
Not a bad effort from Herbert, but I think even he would admit (were he alive) tha ...more
Not a bad effort from Herbert, but I think even he would admit (were he alive) tha ...more
