Book description
Award-winning author Susan Daitch's new novel, The Adjudicator, is a visionary cyberpunk mystery that explores the boundaries of consciousness and individual autonomy within an authoritarian state that controls the genetics of its citizens.
In a near future where the surveillance state legislates the genetic code of its citizens, babies are…
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1 author picked The Adjudicator as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I'm a longtime fan of Susan Daitch, and this novel -- her fifth -- does not disappoint. The Adjudicator invites reflections on some of the most challenging and promising technologies of our time -- genetic modification, omnipresent surveillance, and artificial life. Like all of her novels, it's smart and meaty, packing a significant philosophical wallop while also delivering on character and plot. I loved it.
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