Synopses & Reviews
As a programmer for Galapagos Wetware, Hal Briggs is responsible for writing the genetic code for simple, efficient creatures to be employed in menial jobs-sweeping streets or washing dishes. But the demands for “wetware” are changing, and Briggs is given a project that calls for more sophisticated models: clients are demanding more human appearance and behavior.
As the project progresses, Briggs finds himself endowing the new models with more than the specifications dictate, giving them distinct personalities and talents and highly developed acumens. When two of his pet projects, Jack and Kay, escape, Briggs reexamines their codes and makes a terrifying yet provocative discovery.
From Craig Nova, a master of the modern novel, comes a tale eerie in its vision of a future not far off, of a world precariously close to todays.
Synopsis
Craig Nova is widely regarded as a master of the modern novel, and in Wetware he presents a frightening vision of a future where genetically altered lab-grown humans perform our menial and dangerous work.
As a programmer for Galapagos Wetware, Hal Briggs is responsible for writing the genetic code for these creatures. But Briggs finds himself endowing the new models with more than the specifications dictate. When two of his pet projects, Jack and Kay, escape, Briggs reexamines their code and makes a terrifying discovery -- one that will long resonate in readers' minds. Wetware cements Craig Nova's reputation as one of our most consistently daring novelists.
About the Author
Craig Nova is the author of nine novels. He has received an Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Vermont.