Genetic modification is one of science fiction’s richest veins, between bioethics, discrimination and new forms of humanity. Four novels that explore it.
Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress.
A generation of modified humans who never sleep, and the social tension it creates.
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi.
A future ruled by biotech and food corporations, in a flooded Bangkok.
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood.
Genetic engineering and the collapse of civilization, told by the last man alive.
H.O.M.S. by Demetrio Triglia.
Genetic modification has split humanity into Sapiens and Homs, and discrimination between the two classes drives the conflict. A detective and a telepathic mutant inside a conspiracy that becomes a war between universes. Biopunk with an investigative edge, in Italian, English and French.
