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Halfskin (2000)

by Tony Bertauski(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 4

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Halfskin

review 1: While most calls for tighter regulation of nanotechnology these days relate to human health and safety risks, Halfskin comes at it from another angle: at what point does a genetically engineered person cease to be human? If their mere existence is a threat to the human race, do we have the right to shut them down?The Richards' live in a world where artificial stem cells, called biomites, can replicate and improve upon the cells we were born with, called clay. Unfortunately, biomites continue to replicate and replace human cells until no 'clay' remains. The various world governments have ruled that anyone who reaches 50% biomites — the halfskin of the title — ceases to be human and is promptly shut down as a threat to all of humanity. Mix in a rather scary computer comp... morelex named M0ther tasked with monitoring every biomite in existence, plus her even scarier human supervisor, and we have the setting for a techno-thriller par excellence!Nix Richards was mangled in an accident as a small child and healed with the new technology; his sister Cali is a biomite engineer trying to develop a new breed of biomite which doesn't self replicate, or at the very least flies below M0ther's radar. Our third primary character is Marcus Anderson, public face of the Halfskin Laws and M0ther's human supervisor. The book is a fast paced interweave of these three personalities against the ticking clock of Nix' immanent shutdown.A fast, gripping read — highly recommended.
review 2: how would you feel if your body was now less than half human but because of something that happened to you the government wants to shut you down like a old computer no longer in use. What if they wanted to shut down the only family you had left what would you be willing to do? This book was well written and takes you into the future of humankind and its need to find better ways to do things. This story is about how it happens why it happens and the tradgedy for those who do not have a choice in it all! reccomended for ages 12 and up really good read! less

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