The Immortality Factor
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The Immortality Factor
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Ben Bova
In this provocative, gripping, and startling novel, bestselling author Ben Bova delivers a knockout read with his trademark blend of cutting-edge science and unrelenting suspense.
Some see stem-cell research as mankind’s greatest scientific breakthrough; others, a blasphemous attempt to play God. Suddenly, the possibility of immortality exists. Two brothers, both doctors, stand on opposite sides of the controversy. To Arthur Marshak, his work is a momentous gift to humanity. To Jesse Marshak, it is a curse. And between them stands a beautiful, remarkable woman that both brothers will do anything to save.
Somehow, before it’s too late, Arthur and Jesse must bridge the gap that divides them…on an issue that could mean nothing less than life or death for millions.
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“Bova gets better and better, combining plausible science with increasingly complex fiction.”
(Los Angeles Daily News)“Led by the bass tones of Paul Boehmer, the production includes emotional performances from all the members of the cast. The result is lifelike drama that fully engages listeners in the debate.”
(AudioFile)“Bova’s cautionary medical thriller, the uncut version of his 1996 novel Brothers, explores the political, social, and religious ramifications of what could be humankind’s greatest medical breakthrough—organ regeneration.”
(Publishers Weekly)“[This] novel engages both mind and emotion…Bova masterfully presents the subtleties of all sides of both personal and scientific issues in a movie-like presentation of court testimony interspersed with chapters of backstory. Guaranteed riveting reading.”
(Booklist)Given Bova’s extensive catalog of science fiction and nonfiction, there are perhaps few better qualified to address the complex issues surrounding today’s controversial scientific breakthroughs. Toss the convoluted relationship of two brothers into a mix of cutting-edge science versus medicine for the masses, and his new novel engages both mind and emotion. Brilliant corporate researcher Arthur Marshak is on the cusp of an earth-shattering discovery that will cause the regeneration of damaged or severed tissue—organs and even limbs—so that amputees and people with cervical injuries, heart attacks, and strokes may fully recover without surgery. Jesse, Arthur’s younger, humanitarian physician brother, opposes Arthur’s breakthrough, however, because its hefty price tag will preclude using it to treat the poor. When Arthur’s project is evaluated in a “scientific court,” it draws national attention, thanks to an opportunistic evangelist, and pits brother against brother and science against religious ideology. Bova masterfully presents the subtleties of all sides of both personal and scientific issues in a movie-like presentation of court testimony interspersed with chapters of backstory. Guaranteed riveting reading.
(Booklist)The Immortality Factor
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The story is very interesting and thought provoking, though it does occasionally move quite slowly.
I am a bit fan of multi-narrated books though, and the performance was very engaging.
Thought provoking
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It seems I need at least 15 words for my review.
Intelligent and Entertaining
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The storyline itself was occasionally interesting but never gripping.
Never Really Got Into It
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So job done, right?
Well, no.
There are two key problems. One is that each character is an absolute stereotype. There’s the one who believes in science, the one who believes in God, the politician out for whatever gets them re-elected and so on. Their views never waver; they end up believing exactly what they started out believing and simply deliver sermons from their own stance.
This leads us to the second, much larger problem. Whilst there are some interesting arguments presented, I’ve never seen (well, heard in this case) a cast who are so self-centred, whiney and unappealing. Many of the discussions come across more as the jealous bickering of five year olds in the playground than of intelligent men and women of science.
The kindest and most relatable character was a chimpanzee that sadly never had a chapter told from his perspective. And given this book is partly set in a research lab, let’s just say it’s not much fun being a chimpanzee. Or a rat. Or in fact any kind of animal.
In the end I really didn’t care who won the argument. I just wanted the argument to be over. At times I yearned to bash their heads together and make them see sense. I was practically shouting at them due to their pig-headedness – and believe me, that kind of behaviour gets you some very strange looks when you are on a train.
Top all that off with an ending that leaves you feeling like the nearly 17 hours leading up to that point were completely pointless as there are no real consequences to the outcome and I was left feeling deflated by the whole experience.
Overall it's a shame as the book is well narrated and the scientific discussions are interesting and do make you think about where we are headed. But honestly, if immortality means living with characters like these I’ll be happy with my three score years and ten.
I don't want to live forever with these characters
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