Genetic issues

Finished Michael's book. First of all, this book is a bit not what I have expected. I mean it is not really a science-fiction like Jurassic Park that he has worked on before -- considering it is (almost) definitely impossible (for the current "known" technologies) to clone a dinosaur -- that's what we call "science fiction". Somehow, I would expect the genetic storyline of his latest fiction would evolve into something horrifying -- like Jurassic Park where the T-Rex was preying on the human beings. But, no, this latest fiction, albeit talking about genetic is somehow based on facts (somehow, along the storyline I thought some sort of genetic mutated beings were going to turn up and chasing after those researchers).

OK. The whole book is composed of a lot of short chapters, which comprise different storylines and somehow intertwined with each other -- a talking parrot (which thought itself is a human), a talking orang-utan (which swore a lot in Dutch and French), a transgenic ape (which was created mixed of human genes), controversy of human genes patenting, and ownership controversy of one's cell tissue. And, all these stories are actually built around facts (the book has included a lot of snippets of news related to genetic issues). I must say Michael has done a great job by doing that. Frankly, I was a bit disappointed of no genetic mutated beings appear in the book, but then that is actually a surprise too. Anyway, the book is wisely written and far from boring - well, I have finished the book merely in one week...