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A terrifying novel, from one of our foremost scientific visionaries. Susan Greenfield asks: how will today's technology affect the future of our species?

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2121 by Susan Greenfield

It is many years since the human race gave up its individuality. Our world is now a place of technicolour, mechanical beauty. Iridescent domes sit upon the ruins of the previous civilization, and small figures wander constantly between them – dancing, singing, running, but never touching. Each of us is immersed in our own virtual reality. We are like children, living in a perpetual summer: ageless, beautiful, and utterly reliant on the lost knowledge of another age. For decades, nothing disturbed our peaceful equilibrium. Until Fred arrived. Until he took one of us from among from us and made her different. Until he showed us what our world was made of...
Challenging, original, readable and personal -- Oliver Sacks
Susan Greenfield enthrals and intrigues in equal measureA force of intellect and a force of nature. -- John Humphrys
Baroness Susan Greenfield, CBE, is a British scientist, writer, broadcaster, and member of the House of Lords. www.susangreenfield.com.
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ISBN 13 9781908800992
ISBN 10 1908800992
Title 2121
Author Susan Greenfield
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2014-01-16
Number of pages 400
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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