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A feminist reworking of ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four,’ plus new work from Cory Doctorow, Sebastian Faulks and David Pedreira
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Read an extract from The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks
This intriguing extract is taken from The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks, the latest pick for our New Scientist Book Club. It sees a billionaire entrepreneur recruiting a scientist for his new project, which will have major implications for the human race
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Book Review: Sebastian Faulks' Seventh Son would benefit from a more serious approach
"His latest is set in the near future, 2030 to 2056, and tackles large scientific and philosophical concerns. Nevertheless, it is strongly plot-driven, with touches of romance and comedy."
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Science and surrogacy: The Seventh Son, by Sebastian Faulks, reviewed
Sebastian Faulks’s new novel poses questions about the meaning of humanity and the significance of difference. Set in the near future – the action starts in 2030 – it centres around Talissa, a clever postgrad anthropologist from New York, who offers to become a surrogate mother to strangers in order to earn money to continue
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The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks: A moving and fascinating speculative fiction that asks 'what is it to be human?' – The Irish Times
The consistently great novelist continues to ask the big questions
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The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks review – what does it mean to be human?
This elegant near-future novel about a daring scientific experiment explores the evolution of consciousness
Source: theguardian.com
The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks: a novel of ideas, all bad
The Birdsong author's 16th novel, The Seventh Son, is a strained, juddering mess that never settles on what it wants to be
Source: telegraph.co.uk