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In Mutation, Robin Cook's masterpiece of techno-medical suspense, Dr. Cook tells a story as chilling and real as today's headlines. On the forefront of surrogate parenting and genetic research, it is the explosive tale of a brilliant doctor who sought to create the son of his dreams--and invented a living nightmare...… (altro)
A modern (as of 1989) reimagining of Frankenstein, in this case an OB/Gyn who tries to bioengineer his own special genius child. Except the resulting monster is just a caricature bad seed monster I couldn't pity or empathize with, and the doctor is also a monster who I couldn't pity or empathize with. So it's a mostly entertaining story, but only barely worth spending the time to read it.
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El doctor Victor Frank es un ginecólogo e ingeniero biomolecular que desea tener un hijo con su esposa, que padece infertilidad. El doctor Frank utiliza su propio esperma y un óvulo de ella. Posteriormente, manipula genéticamente el embrión con intención de crear a un ser superdotado. La alegría inicial se va convirtiendo en paralizante horror a causa de los terribles sucesos creados por la criatura mutante.
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"How dare you sport thus with life." — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein (1818)
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Thanks to Jean, who provided lots of literal and figurative nourishment.
To Grandparents
For Mae and Ed, whom I wish I had known better
For Esther and John, who welcomed me into their family
For Louise and Bill, who adopted me out of pure generosity
Incipit
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Energy had been building within the millions of neurons since they'd first formed six months previously.
"Oh God!" Mary Millman said, gripping the sheets with both hands. (Prologue)
Long, lacy shadows from the leafless maple trees lining the driveway inched across the broad cobblestone courtyard that separated the sprawling white colonial mansion from the barn.
"You have one more patient," Jean said, poking her head through the door, "then you're free." (Epilogue)
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Gripping the steering wheel, she broke into soft sobs. Somehow she would have to face this last demon-child, and with Joe's help, end forever the nightmare her husband had begun. (Epilogue)
In Mutation, Robin Cook's masterpiece of techno-medical suspense, Dr. Cook tells a story as chilling and real as today's headlines. On the forefront of surrogate parenting and genetic research, it is the explosive tale of a brilliant doctor who sought to create the son of his dreams--and invented a living nightmare...
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