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Fred’s latest book, Escape from Extinction, an Eco-Genetic Novel is available at:
Escape from Extinction, an Eco-Genetic Novel (Vector Books, September 30, 2020), is a retelling of the Prometheus/Frankenstein story for the age of genetics. Scientists wielding new tools for editing DNA have the power to change the blueprint for humanity, hack evolution, re-engineer nature, resurrect extinct species, and even create entirely new forms of life. We are in what Siddhartha Mukherjee in his bestseller The Gene calls “a headlong sprint into an abyss.” Escape from Extinction uses storytelling to explore this abyss. In Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park, the intersection of avarice and scientific hubris gave us man-eating velociraptors. Here, the “monster” is an empathetic and charming de-extincted Neanderthal teenager, who many nevertheless believe presents the same threat to humanity as Crichton’s dinosaurs.
Christian Nation: A Novel paints a disturbing and all-too-realistic portrait of a nation whose government slowly marches towards full-blown theocratic rule. More about Christian Nation . . .
Getting to Green: Saving Nature: A Bipartisan Solution tells the story of how the American environmental movement lost its way and explains how it can get back on track. More about Getting to Green . . .
Fred Rich’s writing, both fiction and non-fiction, probes contemporary political and moral issues from a fresh perspective that is independent, non-partisan, and pragmatic. More about the author . . .