In the not-so-distant future of 2089, America has discovered the secret to successful human cloning, but in the spirit of capitalism the ability was quickly reserved only for the very wealthy and the entertainment industry. These clones, referred to by the public as Projects, are believed to be the reincarnations of politicians, musicians, athletes, and actors, synthetically constructed for no other purpose than the entertainment of the American people. In their time away from the public the Projects are kept in Port Mercy, a pseudo-city in Southern California, and although the property seems as glamorous as the Projects themselves, the city holds dark secrets. Trouble is brewing, but very few know it, and the lives of a young Project, a protester, a hacker, and a never-will-be cop are tied to the city whether they like it or not.
A Little More Human, rife with layers of paranoia and conspiracy, questions how well we really know ourselves, showcasing Fiona Maazel at her tragicomic, freewheeling best.
A young man describes his torment as he struggles to reconcile the diverse influences of Western culture and the traditions of his own Japanese heritage This story tells the poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught ...
... nothing more than to abdicate the throne of selfcare. To eat applesauce all day. To watch TV and make their vitals someone else's problem. But Doc wanted none of it. He'd broken his ankle, he'd gotten a cast, now let me go. But the ...
Zielinski, Siegfried. 2008. Deep Time of the Media: Toward an Archaeology of Hearing and Seeing by Technical Means. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Afterword Anne Allison In this provocative collection, two questions are.
Cross-disciplinary research from well-respected contributors makes this volume vital to the understanding of contemporary human interaction.
... ever attempted suicide.45 NADINE BURKE HARRIS'S own experiences in her Bayview clinic—and her hunch that something deeper was going on with her patients than just the symptoms of poverty—led her to Felitti and Anda's research.
Told from the perspective of several generations of teenagers, this science fiction novel involves an Earth ravaged by mankind, high-tech manipulative aliens, and advanced genetics.
What does it mean to be human? These stories continued through the golden age of science fiction with Isaac Asimov’s I Robot story cycle, and then through post-modern iterations from new wave writers like Philip K. Dick.
More. Human. By this point, depending on how you've been using the book, you'll probably have tried out a few exercises from Part Two. You might be wondering just how long it's going to take you to 'be more human'.
But the biggest secret of all is the disappearance of Lida Poe, the African-American woman who keeps the books at the local plastics factory. Word has it that Ms. Poe left town, along with a hundred thousand dollars of company money.