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In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading."Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing.This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so. ... Read more

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The Progeria Medical Guide is a publication which has been designed to better help readers understand Progeria. This Qontro Medical Guide has been designed with the reader in mind, and is a useful information source for readers at all levels looking to learn more about Progeria. The Progeria Medical Guide is highly recommended for those interested in understanding and learning more about Progeria. ... Read more

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No need to buy this...
While there's nothing wrong with the information in this book, it is just a verbatim copy of the Wikipedia entry on the subject.The publisher didn't even bother to delete references to photos that exist on the site but are not reprinted here.

Also, most of the book doesn't even relate to the subject--it's an open source licensing agreement.

So save your cash and check out the Wiki. ... Read more

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In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading." Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing. Since only the smallest fraction of information dealing with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome is indexed in search engines, such as www.google.com or others, a non-systematic approach to Internet research can be not only time consuming, but also incomplete. This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so. ... Read more

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This up-to-date electronic book on CD-ROM provides the best collection available anywhere of official Federal government information and documents on the subject of metabolic disorders including progeria and mucolipidoses. This CD-ROM uses next-generation search technology that allows complete indexing and makes all files on the disc fully searchable. For patients, practical information is provided in clearly written patient education documents. For medical professionals, doctor reference tools and texts have detailed technical information and clinical background material.

This thoroughly researched collection presents vital information from many authoritative sources, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Combined Health Information Database (CHID), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Contents include clinical and medical information, with information on signs, symptoms, testing, diagnosis, treatment, and more.

In addition, as a bonus we have included an encyclopedic collection of general medical and health documents – thousands of pages with extensive material from the NIH on hundreds of diseases and health topics from A to Z, along with government consumer healthcare tips, disease prevention programs, dietary guidelines, and travelers’ health information. Since navigating the Internet to find additional non-governmental medical information can be confusing, we've also provided our exclusive "Guide to Leading Medical Websites" with updated links to 73 of the best sites for medical information! By using weblinks on the CD-ROM, you can quickly check for the latest clinical updates directly from the government.

This CD-ROM has over 27,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software and Reader software is included. Advanced search and indexing features are built into our reproduction, providing a complete full-text index. This enables the user to search all the files on the disk at one time for words or phrases using just one search command! The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, and portable!

Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed or printed without untold hours of tedious searching and downloading. This book-on-a-disc makes a superb reference work and educational tool for patients and their families, physicians, and other medical professionals. (Information on this CD-ROM is NOT a substitute for professional medical advice; of course, readers are urged to consult with a professional health care provider for any suspected illness.) ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Macmillan Reference USA Science Library: Genetics, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 903 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.A comprehensive collection of articles on all aspects of genetics, from Mendel to the decoding of the human genome. Explains the workings of genes and chromosomes, genetic diseases, and biotechnology. Covers the ethical, legal, and social issues connected to genetic science and includes coverage of careers in the field. ... Read more

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This up-to-date and comprehensive set of two CD-ROM discs provides a superb collection of documents on the subject of progeria and genetic disorders. Progeria is an extremely rare genetic disease of childhood characterized by dramatic, premature aging. The condition is estimated to affect one in 8 million newborns worldwide. Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is the most severe form of the disease. As newborns, children with progeria usually appear normal. However, within a year, their growth rate slows and they soon are much shorter and weigh much less than others their age. While possessing normal intelligence, affected children develop a distinctive appearance characterized by baldness, aged-looking skin, a pinched nose, and a small face and jaw relative to head size. They also often suffer from symptoms typically seen in much older people: stiffness of joints, hip dislocations and severe, progressive cardiovascular disease.For patients, practical information is provided in clearly written patient education documents. For medical professionals, doctor reference tools and texts have detailed technical information and clinical background material. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust. This thoroughly researched collection presents vital information from many authoritative sources: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the relevant institute for this disease, and others.In addition to the comprehensive disease-specific coverage, this disc set also includes our Medical Encyclopedia, a $19.95 value! The Encyclopedia presents a collection of official documents about a wide range of medical topics, diseases, illnesses, health and wellness. There is vital information from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Cancer Institute, and more. Topics covered include: major diseases, including cancer, heart and vascular disease, stroke, blood diseases and disorders, lung diseases, and neurological disorders such as dementia and epilepsy * CDC Health Topics A to Z, Foodborne Illnesses, Infants and Children, Injuries, Occupational Health, Older Adults, Women * CDC Travelers' Health - Destinations, Vaccinations, Diseases, Mosquito, Tick, Food, Water, Clinics, Yellow Book, Children, Airplanes, Cruise Ships, Special Needs, Relief Workers * Dietary Guidelines * NIH A to Z from abnormalities to X-rays.Since navigating the Internet to find additional non-governmental medical information can be confusing, we've also provided our exclusive "Guide to Leading Medical Websites" with updated links to 67 of the best sites for medical information! Built-in weblinks let you quickly check for the latest clinical updates directly from the government and the best commercial portals, news sites, reference/textbook/non-commercial portals, and health organizations. ... Read more

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Information on many genetic disorders, and the frequent new findings on them, has been extremely difficult to come by—until now. The “Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders” addresses the need for current, hard-to-find facts on emerging discoveries. The two-volume Encyclopedia, presented in a single alphabetical sequence, provides clear, complete information on genetic disorders, including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments and therapies, in articles that are both comprehensive and easy to understand, in language accessible to laypersons. The articles are arranged in a standardized format for quick comparison and ease of use, while non-disorder topics are covered in detail with extended entries. Students will want to consult the “Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders” for useful information on a range of well known disorders, including Down Syndrome, Trisomy, Hemophilia and Tourette Syndrome, and rarely seen diseases such as Meckel Syndrome, Neuraminidase Deficiency and Phenylketonuria.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Paa is a 2009 Indian movie directed by R. Balakrishnan(credited onscreen as R. Balki) starring Amitabh Bachchan,Abhishek Bachchan, and Vidya Balan. The film is based on agenetic condition known as Progeriaand places emphasis ona father-son relationship. The film released on 4 December2009, worldwide. Veteran composer Ilaiyaraajascored themusic. Auro (Amitabh Bachchan) is an intelligent and witty12-year-old boy with an extremely rare genetic defectcallled progeria. Mentally he is twelve and very normal, butphysically he looks five times older. In spite of hiscondition, Auro is a very happy boy. He lives with hismother Vidya (Vidya Balan) who is a gynecologist. ... Read more

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Old at Age 3 is the story of Zachary Moore who had a rare genetic aging condition called Progeria.Old at Age 3 is an all-angles look into this extraordinary life as seen through the eyes of his father. You will gain inspiration and insight by seeing how a father, family, and a community respond to a life in which aging is accelerated 30 times faster than a normal life.Readers will share the experience of how one special child was able to transform the lives of those around him.In the book Zachary's father reveals his deepest feelings as he struggles to find the blessings in the physically challenged life of his son.This honest look into the life of a family caring for a special needs child will inspire others to overcome their own challenges. ... Read more

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Amazing Book
This is an amazing book. I have a new look at families with children that have special needs. It also gives you an inspiration for life and God and a renewed love for your own children.

If you want to be touched-Read this book
If you want to touch others, give them a copy.This book was such a blessing.I felt like I knew the family after reading about Zach and I wanted to know more.I laughed and I cried.You can't help but fall in love with him.I can make no excuses for myself after getting to know Zach through his father.The person who taught me the most about love and acceptance had Progeria.A beautiful, loving and inspirational story.Thank you for sharing it with us.

Inspiration
This book was such an inspiration to me. It's so different than your ordinary Christian books because it talks about a true life struggle. It's the struggle of a father and a family dealing with a disease that kills. It's also the story of a little boy who brought so much love and pure joy to those he came in contact with. This book is both heartwarming and heartwrenching. The end is the best because of the hope that it brings.

What an inspiration!
What a great book! Makes other challenges in life seem a little smaller.This is the best "read" I have had in a long time.Seems like the only thing on the media anymore is negative.What a breath of fresh air! A Must read for everyone!

This was a perfect inspirational book, thanks for the motivation!
No matter what is going on in your life, this book will keep you going.
What a special boy to be in this world for such a short time, we all can only hope to make as much of an impact in our lifetime! ... Read more

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For Beauty McElwrath, the first day of sixth grade in small-town Green River, Florida, proves to be exactly the catastrophe she expected. Beauty is acutely shy, and she s sure she s doomed to be a social outcast for yet another school year. It doesn t help that her mother is dating her teacher!

But then she meets Alane Shriver, a new student who suffers from progeria, a rare, rapid aging disorder. At first Beauty is frightened by her fellow outsider s wrinkled skin, shriveled hands, thick glasses, and tiny, frail body. But fear gives way to curiosity, and Beauty discovers that, on the inside, Alane is just like any other twelve-year-old girl. When a life-threatening event puts the two of them in harm s way, Beauty unexpectedly finds the confidence and inner strength to save Alane.

Author Carol Lynch Williams offers a realistic, sensitive look at the trials and challenges of adolescence, while expertly weaving in themes of isolation, illness, and even death. The result is an honest, humorous, unsparing, and ultimately uplifting book that celebrates the power and courage that come from accepting differences and meeting life s uncertainties head on. ... Read more

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The best of books
Carol Lynch Williams understands the nature of children.She has written some wonderful books, this one I feel, is the most under-rated.

I do not read to merely read.I want to experience humanity and walk away feeling like the time devoted to the book was time well spent.

The greatest compliment I can give this book is to say that immediately after finishing it I handed it to my 12 year old daughter and said, "you have to read this."

This story is wonderful, human, and matriarchal in the best sense.Her characters are strong, the setting is clear and palpable.When you're finished, you feel like you just indulged in a most delicious vocabulary dessert.

This book should be in everyone's personal library.

A must read book for girls
Pretty Like Us is the story of two girls--Beauty McElwrath and Alane Shriver. Beauty, a painfully shy sixth-grader, lives in a small town in Florida with her mother and grandmother, both strong-minded single women. Beauty wants to come out of her shell and make friends, but her efforts have always resulted in teasing from the other kids at school. The fact that her mother is dating her teacher doesn't help matters at all, and Beauty is certain she is destined to always be a social outcast.

Then Alane moves into town. Before the girl even arrives in class, Beauty's teacher has asked the students to be kind to the new girl who suffers from a rare disease known as progreria, an aging disease. When Beauty first sees Alane, she thinks there has been a mistake. Surely this is Alane's grandmother, not the girl herself. No one in sixth grade could look that old.

But it is Alane, and she sits right next to Beauty. Just what Beauty thinks she doesn't need to help her get over her shyness and absence of friends, until she starts to discover that beauty of often more than skin deep, and true friendship sometimes comes in odd packages.

This is truly a must read book for girls. Those who are shy will relate to Beauty, just as those who see themselves as different will relate to both girls. All girls have felt concern over being accepted at some time in their life, and Beauty and Alane's story will not only let them see themselves, but will also give them lots of laughs along the way.

Thoughtful, funny, honest MG girls' realistic look at progeria
Beauty's voice is authentic, she's a memorable protagonist and the story of her friendship with Alane leaves a likewise lasting impression. Unsentimental yet deeply moving, strongly recommended. ... Read more

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Winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Playwright, David Lindsay-Abaire’s Kimberly Akimbo focuses, with uncanny depth and quirky wit, on a sixteen-year-old girl suffering from a disease that causes her body to age nearly five times faster than it should. ... Read more

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Inspired Lunacy but very touching at times
This play is inspired lunacy.A hypochondriac mom, a lesbian ex-convict aunt, and a hard drinking sad sack dad are the family that rapidly aging Kimberly has ben saddled with.Loads of fun but very touching at times, especially in the scenes with Kimberly's anagram loving friend.It is laugh out loud funny and has 5 great parts for actors.I think most readers will enjoy the play but I believe it really takes the actors to lift it.Enjoy!

INSPIRING!! FREEING!!!
More beautiful, whimsical, touching, absurdist fare from David Lindsay-Abaire--in the vein of another terrific young playwright, Napoleon Ellsworth. It seems as though these two writers (along w/ perhaps Padriac Duffy) are spearheading a revolt against the dead, naturalistic world of theater. And it couldn't've happened a moment too soon! BRAVO!

An Undervalued Black Comedy
Judging by the reviews, this wild and wacky comedy was not fully appreciated when, after a run at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, Ca., it was later staged in New York. Though it's true the play tends to crumble at the very end, and therefore seems to that extent more a work in progress than a fully satisfying whole, some of its scenes surpass anything Lindsay-Abaire has done before or since. The conceit, for instance, of having a child age at a rate faster than her parents, while it has been used before, here freshly shows a satiric author less interested in literal medical history than in the sad discovery that many contemporary American parents, themselves self-centered and immature, force their children in mind and spirit to become the more fully recognizable adult members of a household. The business of ageing, thus, has a wonderfully comic metaphorical import.The adults in the play, hilariously enough, are chiefly interested in themselves, in playing childish board games, in attempting con jobs or in hoping to visit more of the endlessly proliferating "theme parks" in an America whose very history has been grotesquely commercialized.
The central role in the play, a triumphantly conceived one, affords any good actress of a certain age an opportunity to show fully what she can do. The part requires at first the words and convincing body language of a perky teenager and then the manner and appearance of a combination of, say, the late Rose Kennedy and a bag lady. This part, to Lindsay-Abaire's credit, is a great theatrical "role," and when I saw it performed the central actress in fact fully deserved what has otherwise become a meaningless ritual in our current theater, the standing ovation. With luck perhaps the playwright will revisit this work, strengthen the ending, and give it the revival or film version it surely deserves. ... Read more

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Forever and Ever, by San Francisco Bay Area writer Dan A. Baker (One Man's War, Taylor Trade) is the first novel to explore the fascinating possibilities and social dilemmas of gene-based aging reversal and engineered human immortality.

Developed over a five year research period with the help of an eminent molecular biologist, Forever and Ever provides a rare journey into the high stakes world of modern biotechnology, where edgy, brilliant scientists cross paths with desperate billionaires, drug pirates,and the unlimited power of the world's elite.

Recently compared to the best work of Michael Crichton, Forever and Ever is unusual in that the protagonist is a courageous woman scientist. Battling tragedy, relentless irony, and a torrid love affair, Jasmine Metcalf develops a gene-based therapy that delivers the greatest dream in all human imagination: Aging reversal and endless life in a youthful state. Interest in her work is intense.

Jasmine becomes an unlikely biotech renegade when a political response to the first human cloning forces her into the largely unkownworld of garage biotech to save the life of Roy, a child dying from old age; dying from one of evolution’s cruelest mistakes, Progeria.

The scientifically accurate and carefully drawn treatment strategy of gene-therapy, synthetic genes, nano-ball technology, massive stem cell infusion, artificial stem cell generating organs,was so advanced and accurate it has started a furious debate among biotech scientists.

What if? What if the most sought after dream in all of human life was suddenly available? What would it mean for the future of the human race? The intense power struggle to control this new technology reveals a vortex of competing interests from around the world, and explores the geo-political implications of the age of biology.

The story suddenly expands to reveal the unimaginable implications of designer children, behavioral genetics, and evolutionary psychology.Gene Wars, first postulated by Francis Fukuyama (Our Post Human Future) are already underway in Forever and Ever, and the stakes are very, very high.
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An exciting and memorable story
This book is memorable.That's the first point that strikes me.I keep thinking about it, recalling passages, wishing it didn't end--that it would go on forever and ever. Parts that are especially good include the last scene at Lake Havasu, with the extravagant, purple prose on how good it can be to be alive and healthy.

The descriptions of what it's like to realize that you're getting old, were similarly gripping.Ditto for the handling of the realization that there will be consequences of what you're about to do, and some of these consequences may be unprecedently harmful.Yet you can't--or shouldn't--try to hold back the future.Even when you can't fully see, or understand, it.I felt the characters were talking to me, and I kept thinking what I would do in their situation.

The book just touches on, but doesn't develop, the big questions this technology raises.And again, I think that is appropriate.The alternatives are not attractive.The question of how much we should interfere with Nature's operation is a good example. We don't object to eyeglasses, dental work, appendicitis operations, etc.But the possibility of cloning humans makes us uncomfortable, and "designer babies" raise more serious questions than answers.The author notes these questions, then leaves the reader to ponder them.That's as it should be.

The book does a wonderful job of portraying a broad spectrum of scientists, and giving the reader an appealing insight as to why people want to "do science." There are surprisingly few books that do that, and the nation suffers as a result.A key question in a book like this is: how technical should you get?I was very comfortable with how he handled that.I can't answer how many other potential readers would share my view.I have been repeatedly shocked when I write a few sentences in almost "young adult" language, and am told by a reader, "oh, I always skip the technical stuff.I just don't understand technical."These are people who can follow all the plot twists in a soap opera, or the subtleties of sports stratagems.And they may enjoy reading all the details of 18th century sailing technology...Go figure.

"Forever And Ever" is very highly recommended to science fiction enthusiasts.
Immortality has its downside. Dr. Jasmine Metcalf is a biotech scientist whose battle against a genetic disease called Progeria that causes dramatic and ultimately lethal premature aging in children has made her a renegade. Earl Metcalf is her biotech colleague. Together they create a revolutionary gene-based therapy that will not only save those afflicted with this dread disease, it will endow ordinary human beings immunity from aging and make anyone become immortal. The result is a series of ethical dilemmas and a seemingly inevitable stress between the urge to understand the molecular laws of nature and the issues of immortality in a society where a kind of 'natural planned obsolescence' has been a biological fact and a force for evolution from very the beginning of human life. Author Dan Baker has written a ripping good science fiction story that is well buttressed by a solidly impressive foundation of molecular biology that is never permitted to get in the way of good storytelling. Thoroughly entertaining, thoughtful, and though-provoking, "Forever And Ever" is very highly recommended to science fiction enthusiasts.

I didn't know the Futurians were still around...
Yes, Dan Baker has the science right (as far as you can go in a novel)-- and that does do a lot to compensate for the irritation of the crudely-injected politics. It's not like he never misses an opportunity to inject some worn-out, retro '60s "idealism" -- he injects it even when the opportunity isn't even there. Never really recovered from the Kennedy assassinations, huh Dan? Expected a little more from something billed as "transhumanist." Could have been great with a stern editor willing to enforce the ol' "This is not the place for that" rule.

What the world needs now!
What the world needs now, and urgently, is a serious discussion on the interaction or play between science and sci-fi, fiction and non-fiction, comedy and melodrama, and philosophy and art. Dan Baker's "Forever and Ever," might serve as a starting point for that discussion. The novel clarifies where we have gone astray and points to new directions for civilization while there is still time to take direction.
Speaking as a scientist, Dan Baker's "Forever and Ever" proves that science is still ahead of sci-fi, but it is catching up. Recently, an historian and close friend complained to me, "You scientists, you know all this stuff; we have to learn it before we can write anything!" and he's just talking about the past. Baker is concerned with the future, and he has learned "all this stuff." In fact, we (scientists) know how to do all the tricks Baker alludes to. He's less inventive than he is synthetic: he's the first to put it all together. The future has arrived in "Forever and Ever."
From my point of view, the most important feature of the novel is that Baker "got the science right!" He understands genomics, bio-informatics, networks and modeling, systems biology and stem-cell therapy. "Self-regulated gene cascades" slide off the page as easily as tender love scenes. He is also a bit of a word smith when it helps and he provides a glossary to be consulted when all else fails. He does NOT make the science plodding and impenetrable. He doesn't make the mistake of trying to teach the reader science. Rather, the science tacks and sails smoothly through the narrative.
He has whipped up a storm of controversy among my small group of bio-gerontologists, gerontologists, geriatricians, and pediatricians concerned with progeria. It's as though he has told our secret: we probably already know how to reverse aging, but are we ready for it? I imagine the novel will also be provocative for the masses of baby-boomers interested in anti-aging and regenerative medicine. The point is, inevitably, that the larger community must tell scientists what it wants them to accomplish and be willing to pay for success in all the ways that success demands. "Forever and Ever" is right there with questions, answers, with realistic prescriptions, and a healthy dose of pragmatism about what eternal youthfulness and immortality will take.
Of course, Baker tells a story and portrays people, even scientists, coping with life. For the most part, they're reasonable people. If anything, my greatest complaint with the novel is that it lacks any hint of scientific fraud of the sort currently plaguing the stem-cell community. Baker's heroes are uncontaminated, although others are avaricious and pay for their vices.
Scientists (worthy of the name) no longer imagine themselves truth seekers. We are sophisticated enough to know that truth, like God and Santa Clause are beyond our grasp. What we seek to understand are our motivation and our power, their constraints and frontiers, what science is capable of and what we are able to contribute and accomplish. Dan Baker's book lays all that out for aging, longevity, and immortality. The issues have never been clearer!

Faster & Funnier than Crichton.
The smartest boomers in the world are getting old and they don't like it. They're also rich and just as fed up with rules and regulations as they were in the 60's.

Everyone wants to live forever (even you!) What we hear in the news about longevity is a mix of skepticism and credibility stretching infomercials, but Baker's characters spring from the minds of today's most imaginative biotech scientists who can see what's really possible - if we'd get out of our own way. Their brain power mixes in this novel with a dynamic movement and attitude that only a generation who lived with both Woodstock and the first Moon landing could concieve.

Forever and Ever is a thrilling adventure where the brass ring is nothing less than immortal life. Detours through ethics, scientific potential, global impact and the corruption of governments and wealth remind you that we live in a hardball world. In one sense, we're seeing a coming of age story where 60 year olds face a life just beginning instead of facing death. In another, there's a clash between altruism and self interest that reminds us of what's at stake when money loses its conscience. The main characters take back their own creativity from the crush of legal considerations and enter a lively world where the source of money and technology comes with a simple "don't ask" instead of a restrictive grant. Nobody looks back.

Baker's style is faster, funnier, and more thought provoking than any Crichton novel I've read in years.
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