Bio-Punk: Stories from the Far Side of Research
Author(s): Toby Litt
Short Stories | Physical Sciences
A collaborative work between scientists and ethicists working at the forefronts of their respective fields and short story writers, this collection attempts to predict some of the potential ethical side-effects of the groundbreaking biomedical research currently being developed. Exploring the increasingly gray area between the fantastical and that which is already within our reach--including programmable memories, nano-tech implants, fatherless reproduction, and interspecies reproduction--this unique volume fuses fact with fiction and speculates on the future of scientific progress. With an appeal to both science fiction fans and academics, the contributors include authors Jane Rogers, Justina Robson, Sara Maitland, Sean O'Brien, and Simon Van Booy as well as scientists and ethicists Dr. Ainsley Newson, Professor Bruce Whitelaw, Dr. Jane Calvert, Professor Martyn Amos, and Dr. Nihal Engin Vrana, among talented others.
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"A delight from the first page to the last." --"Observer" on Jane Rogers' "Mr Wroe's Virgins"
Ra Page is the editor of "The City Life Book of Manchester Short Stories"and the founder and editor of "Manchester Stories"magazine. He has written for the "Guardian," the "New Statesman," and the "Times"," and is the recipient of a Jerwood Foundation Bursary. He is deputy editor of "City Life" and a director of the Manchester Poetry Festival.
General Fields
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- : Comma Press
- : Comma Press
- : 0.295
- : 01 October 2012
- : 198mm X 129mm X 10mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Toby Litt
- : Paperback
- : 823.0108092
- : 244
