Genetopia
Title | Genetopia |
Year for Search | 2006 |
Authors | Brooke, Keith [N.](b. 1966) |
Pagination | 303 pp. |
Date Published | 2006 |
Publisher | Pyr/Prometheus Books |
Place Published | Amherst, NY |
ISBN Number | 1-59102-333-5 |
Keywords | English author, Male author |
Annotation | The novel is set in a future where all plants and animals have been engineered to fulfill some purpose, and some characteristics people can be infected with new genes. Those who consider themselves True humans determine which of their offspring are Lost; i.e. not human, and must be exposed in the Wildlands or sold. The novel concerns a girl who is sold by her father, and her brother searches for her and what they discover. The novel ends with the brother, who has wandered for years in the Wildlands, learning about the many communities that have grown up, finding his sister, living in a community that has become her home. |
Holding Institutions | PSt |
Author Note | (b. 1966) |
Full Text | 2006 Brooke, Keith [N.] (b. 1966). Genetopia. Amherst, NY: Pyr/Prometheus Books. 303 pp. PSt The novel is set in a future where all plants and animals have been engineered to fulfill some purpose, and some characteristics people can be infected with new genes. Those who consider themselves True humans determine which of their offspring are Lost; i.e. not human, and must be exposed in the Wildlands or sold. The novel concerns a girl who is sold by her father, and her brother searches for her and what they discover. The novel ends with the brother, who has wandered for years in the Wildlands, learning about the many communities that have grown up, finding his sister, living in a community that has become her home. |