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• 題材の切り口と人物の心の動きを評価する声がある。刊行情報が限られる作品では、受賞歴そのものが読者への主要な手がかりになっている。

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• 圧倒的な面白さです

  Paul Wilsonの作品はほとんど読んでいますが、ハズレがありません。 この本も、人間、科学の進歩、生きること等について深く考えさせられつつ、娯楽小説としてもページを繰る手が止まりません。 前の方も書いていらっしゃいますが、この本がどうして翻訳されないのか不思議です。 最近のキング、クーンツの作品の、遥かに上を行く本です。

• 行き過ぎた科学 ｖｓ． 人間の本質

  シムジェン社の作り出したシムは、チンパンジーの遺伝子を人間に組み込んだ存在。人間でもチンパンジーでもないシムは人間の下で働くために作られた二本足歩行の猿で、言葉も話せる。しかし１人のシム「トーメ」がパトリック・サリヴァンという人権派弁護士と出会ったことから、シムたちの運命が変わろうとしていた・・・。 本作ではＦ．ポール・ウィルスンが得意とする医学＆科学にアクション＆スリラーを盛り込み、さらにヒューマニズム溢れる傑作に仕上がってます。遺伝子操作の進歩とそれに付随する人権問題、そしてその人権を獲得しようとする少数の人々と大企業との闘い、などなど、テーマは奥深く、特にシムたちを陰ながら救おうとする男「ゼロ」の秘密には泣かされました。 なぜこれが翻訳されないのか不思議で仕方ありません。

• Worst FPW ever...

  This is a poor book by Wilson's high standards. Firstly, he sets it in the near future in a world almost without difference form our own...everything is the same, except that genetics have evlolved to the point were chimp-human hybrids exist everywhere as a form of slave labour. Anyway, a hot-shot young lawyer decides to help a shadowy underworld organization organize a union for these SIMS, and the book tells their story...beyond the genetically modified mandrill playing Mortal Kombat 22 though, its a rather boring story. It also features an amazingly predictable "shock" ending...simply not up to FPW's usual standard, although i guess everyone is allowed an off day.

• Different near future science fiction

  Science fiction story with some length and depth. The topic is relevant and will cause you to think a bit about the issues within a good story. No complaints the story kept my interest start to finish.

• An Unpredictable Thriller

  After the first hundred pages, I was pretty sure this was going to be a long speculative fiction story about the legal standing of genetically engineered hominids. Well, I was wrong. The story started taking some twists, and it became quite the thriller. I thoroughly enjoyed the remaining 300 pages. The author is a physician, so he knows what he's talking about in regards to the genetic and biological issues. He also has a good way of thinking outside the box, as shown in his Repairman Jack novels. Recommended.

• Very thought-provoking read

  Very thought-provoking read

• Wife of an F. Paul Wilson Fan...

  My husband's brother and sister got him hooked on F. Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack Series, so for his birthday I purchased several F. Paul Wison books that he hasn't read, two of them being the last two published of the Repairman Jack Series. There is one yet to be published, #15, and then the series will come to an end. My husband is a great fan of F. Paul Wilson and he was thrilled to receive these books that he's not yet read. I cannot give a true rating since I've not read them, but I'll chance it by giving a 4 star rating because I'm sure he'll enjoy these as he did the previous ones. In fact, as I am typing this, he's reading one of the books right now.

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