07w40:4 The Creation of Life Posted October 6th, 2007 by timothy. 0 Comments Goodreads | 2007 week 40 number 4 (The Creation of Life) Drudgereport‘s Headline, 5 October 2007 I am creating artificial life, declares US gene pioneer | Ed Pilkington http://goodreads.timothycomeau.com/shorty/co/venter/ “Craig Venter, the controversial DNA researcher involved in the race to decipher the human genetic code, has built a synthetic chromosome out of laboratory chemicals and is poised to announce the creation of the first new artificial life form on Earth”. The Procedure | Harry Mulisch http://goodreads.timothycomeau.com/shorty/amazon/theprocedure/ “The central events in the life of Dutch microbiologist Viktor Werner are that he has created a life a living organism made from clay in the laboratory and experienced a death, with the loss of his unborn daughter. The genetic and scientific details of the creation are convincingly rendered, and Viktor’s attempts to come to grips with his lost daughter and to resurrect a relationship with her mother form the emotional core of the novel. Operating on many levels, the book also recounts the tale of a rabbi in 16th-century Prague who creates a golem, the legendary automaton of occult Judaism. Recurring motifs of occultism, parallels between sacred systems and scientific formulas, a woman’s fertilization cycle, and the DNA code all intertwine into a mystery with a surprise ending. Here, Dutch novelist Mulisch continues some of the scientific and philosophical themes of his previous novel, The Discovery of Heaven, with thought-provoking results. Recommended for academic and larger public”
