Synopsis
‘Like Louis Theroux channelling Margaret Atwood’ – New Statesman
‘A tour of the lurid fringes of the tech world’ – The Times
‘A moreish page-turner of a book’ – Herald
Imagine if it was possible to have the perfect sexual relationship without compromise, eat meat without killing animals, have babies without the need to bear them, and choose the time of our painless death. Life would be better, right?
All over the globe, people are trying to make this a reality. They want to use technology to solve the thorniest problems of humanity. But what if these ‘problems’ are the very things that make us human?
Join Jenny Kleeman on an entertaining, thought-provoking adventure to a place where sex robots and vegan meat are no longer science fiction – right here, right now.
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Reviews
“A fascinating examination of what the future holds . . . you will never look at a chicken
”Elizabeth Day, author How to Fail
nugget in quite the same way again
“The future is a fairly scary place, but there is no better guide to it than Jenny Kleeman. By turns alarming, funny, thought-provoking and fascinating, this is a book that brilliantly shows us where much of our life (and death) is heading.”Stig Abell
“Kleeman’s entertaining survey of the latest advances in life sciences . . . a little like Louis Theroux
”Johanna Thomas-Corr, New Statesman
channelling Margaret Atwood. She is an accomplished storyteller
“A pleasingly sceptical investigation into the innovations that could change the way we eat, have sex
”Fiona Sturges, Guardian
and die . . . compelling and thoughtful
