“Do you want to design your own pet? Change the stripes on the fish in your aquarium? Or sell your eggs and sperm online for thousands of dollars? Did you know one fifth of all your genes are owned by someone else?” HarperCollins said in a press release. “This is not just the world of the future. It’s the world right now! Most of the events in this book have already happened. And the rest are just around the corner. Get used to it.”

This sounds like a very good book. I’ve enjoyed Crichton’s other novels (Jurassic Park, Disclosure, and Sphere), but have yet to read them all. Next will be available in bookstores on November 28.