Gli insonni sono una casta di mutanti che non hanno bisogno di riposo. Con la loro inesauribile energia governano la Terra e gli uomini normali, che definiscono Mendicanti. Ma l’odio e la diffidenza serpeggiano appesi a un filo: gli sforzi...
Kress returns to the world of Beggars in Spain to tell a new tale in an America of the future, strangely altered by genetic modifications. Wracked by the results of irresponsible genetic research and nanotechnology and overburdened by a...
In 21st-century America, genetic engineering makes it possible for those who can afford it to become parents of improved, custom-made babies. The controversial procedure has produced a new breed that can function without sleep. Leisha Camden,...
The author’s most recent book, Maximum Light (Tor, December 1997), is a hard science fiction novel about genetic engineering. On a personal note, Ms. Kress adds that she’s just married fellow SF author Charles...