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The Doomsday Gene

by John Boyd
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Description

Cal Tech seismology student Amal Severn is part of an experiment to create individuals genetically programmed for early achievement and early death, as a solution to overpopulation. An impending earthquake gives Severn the opportunity to make his social contribution—but can the love of a beautiful coed override his lab-created death wish?

What it’s like

ViolenceStandard
HorrorCreepy
SpiceFade-to-Black

Details

First published
1972
Pages
254
Reading time
About 5 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Weybright and Talley
Series
Standalone

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