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Title: Mutation by Robin Cook ISBN: 0-425-11965-3 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: September, 1991 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.06 (35 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Another Excellent Novel of Robin Cook's
Comment: I really enjoyed this book, and read the whole thing in one day. It's the story of a scientist who genetically engineers his own son to have a far superior intelligence, and the horrific complications that arrive from it. One of the most enjoyable facets of the book are that the characters are all too human, just as people in the ordinary world, and it shows the impact of their human foibles on this story. This is the sixth of his novels that I've read, and he's one of my favorite authors.
Rating: 4
Summary: so-so...a bit on the outrageous side
Comment: Well, it all started when my dad began checking out all these Robin Cook books from the library. Finally, out of curiosity, I picked one up and began to read, wondering what was so great about these novels that had my dad checking out every last one from the local library. The hardcover I picked up just so happens to be this one, Mutation. The novel starts out with long descriptive passages, which I find out are quite trademark of Robin Cook. Turns out, he is a physician turned novelist, so it helps to know that he has the credentials to be throwing out the medical terms to the reader. After all the deep, allusion-filled novels I've been reading for school, it was nice to curl up on the couch with a medical mystery. Even though the book is 300 something pages, it only took me one day to read. I couldn't put it down! I sat there until 2 AM just to finish that novel. I was not expecting to find any underlying allusions, for heaven's sake I was trying to escape from heavy thinking novels; but after going through the first few chapters it hit me that Victor from Mutation holds an uncanny resemblance to Dr. Victor Frankenstein from Mary Shelley's famous novel. Victor attempts to manipulate gene science to procreate the perfect "superchild." Dr. Frankenstein uses electricity to bring the dead to life. Both Victors are driven to alter the laws of nature to satisfy their desire to play God. However, where Mary Shelley is vague on the scientific details of Frankenstein's experiments, Robin Cook elaborates more on the specifics of Victor's gene-altering experiments, thus adding to the believability of his story. This is frightening, especially in present time when the possibility of scientific enhancement of embryos is all too real. However, no matter how feasible the thought of a scientifically perfected child may be, the rest of Cook's story is quite outrageous, leaving the reader thinking "The Outer Limits." I won't spoil the ending for anybody, but I will say this: for those that have read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the story line is pretty clear cut, but for everyone else, you might be taken on a couple wild plot twists.
Rating: 4
Summary: ECHOES OF FRANKENSTEIN
Comment: MUTATION is what Cook does best----horror in the medical world, perpetrated by a doctor who "was only looking to advance mankind". Dr. Victor Frank (cute reference to Shelley's doc) has developed a process in which he can enhance the genius of embryos, and even does this with a surrogate mother in coming up with his own son, VJ (Victor Jr.). However, within five years, Frank's other son, David, dies mysteriously from a rare form of cancer, as does Janice Fay, David's governess. In the present day, VJ acts like a little Hitler and it's not long before his Mom suspects something pretty evil going on. The plot moves along at a steady if not frenetic pace and by the climax, the ending is obvious. Is there a sequel? I have to check.
Better than many of Cook's other novels of this time, including the abominable CHROMOSOME 6.
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Title: Sphinx by Robin Cook ISBN: 0451159497 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 10 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Brain by Robin Cook ISBN: 0451157974 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Fever by Robin Cook ISBN: 0425174204 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Contagion by Robin Cook ISBN: 0425155943 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Mindbend by Robin Cook ISBN: 0451141083 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 10 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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