Secrets plus things I want you all to read
So, I am not going to go into too much detail because this is one of those things that has to be a secret until it's all done. And trust me when I say it will fucking awesome. I've been working on this fic for shinee-duets with sestinande and it's like we were meant to write it. I swear this fic owns my life and it is, as I've already said, going to be fucking great so you can all look forward to reading that if you like Jonghyun/Minho right.
Anyway, other things I wanted to share with you all about a book and why you should read it.
I picked up The Postmortals mostly because my roommate and I had been discussing the very same idea just two months before I stopped by Barnes and Nobles and read the back cover. In few words, the book is about how a scientist accidentally discovered how to stop the aging process and died before he saw the mess his cure created. The book itself is a paperback, green cover with a picture of death-black cloak, skeleton face, with Death's scythe plunged through Its back. The cover illustration is summary enough of what many of the side characters in the book think the cure is about; beating death.
The idea of beating death through science is new and interesting and I was hoping for something better in terms of explanation. Drew Magary bottles it all down to one gene on chromosome 16. Frankly, I felt a little cheated that only one gene has to be manipulated in order to stop aging. The advantage is that it is harder for those who tend to overanalyze things to refute the idea that stopping the aging process is improbable. My roommate and I were discussing telomeres and cancer cells. If Magary had gone into more detail he'd have gotten critiqued for using science to lie to readers. His way makes it that much more probable and let's readers wrap their minds around the very real possibility that one day, a scientist will find a way to stop aging.
The greatest strength of The Postmortals is that Magary doesn’t go all the way and make humans immortal beings. People can and still do die in his novel. Magary tells about the changes, good and bad that came through the cure. He uses a main character named John and the novel is in first person and blog form. Personally I think first person was good choice on Magary's part because the reader is that much closer to the deaths, the attacks on the main character, the way the changes in legislation, new laws, euthanasia projects and more affect him.
The book isn't something nice and easy. There are millions of problems involved with no dying of old age and Magary touches on the major ones very well. There's changes in morality, new religions, cults, anti-cure, pro-cure, suicides, wars. The book is amazing in that it makes you understand why this is a bad idea while keeping in mind that this could be about a step away from happening.
All in all an amazing read. I absorbed the thing in four hours spread over three days because I can't read as much as I'd like since college. I've missed the book-a-day thing I've had going on for a while in high school and this was an excellent book to get back on track with.
Anyway, other things I wanted to share with you all about a book and why you should read it.
I picked up The Postmortals mostly because my roommate and I had been discussing the very same idea just two months before I stopped by Barnes and Nobles and read the back cover. In few words, the book is about how a scientist accidentally discovered how to stop the aging process and died before he saw the mess his cure created. The book itself is a paperback, green cover with a picture of death-black cloak, skeleton face, with Death's scythe plunged through Its back. The cover illustration is summary enough of what many of the side characters in the book think the cure is about; beating death.
The idea of beating death through science is new and interesting and I was hoping for something better in terms of explanation. Drew Magary bottles it all down to one gene on chromosome 16. Frankly, I felt a little cheated that only one gene has to be manipulated in order to stop aging. The advantage is that it is harder for those who tend to overanalyze things to refute the idea that stopping the aging process is improbable. My roommate and I were discussing telomeres and cancer cells. If Magary had gone into more detail he'd have gotten critiqued for using science to lie to readers. His way makes it that much more probable and let's readers wrap their minds around the very real possibility that one day, a scientist will find a way to stop aging.
The greatest strength of The Postmortals is that Magary doesn’t go all the way and make humans immortal beings. People can and still do die in his novel. Magary tells about the changes, good and bad that came through the cure. He uses a main character named John and the novel is in first person and blog form. Personally I think first person was good choice on Magary's part because the reader is that much closer to the deaths, the attacks on the main character, the way the changes in legislation, new laws, euthanasia projects and more affect him.
The book isn't something nice and easy. There are millions of problems involved with no dying of old age and Magary touches on the major ones very well. There's changes in morality, new religions, cults, anti-cure, pro-cure, suicides, wars. The book is amazing in that it makes you understand why this is a bad idea while keeping in mind that this could be about a step away from happening.
All in all an amazing read. I absorbed the thing in four hours spread over three days because I can't read as much as I'd like since college. I've missed the book-a-day thing I've had going on for a while in high school and this was an excellent book to get back on track with.