Series
Darwin
Greg Bear · 2 novels · 1999–2003
Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio imagines a dormant retrovirus in human DNA activating worldwide, triggering an accelerated leap in human evolution that governments respond to as a plague. The 1999 novel won the Nebula Award; its sequel Darwin's Children follows the first generation of changed children as society decides what to do with them. Together they're speculative near-future science fiction grounded in genetics rather than space opera.
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- 1990s1
- 2000s1
Shape
2 novels
1 author · completed series
reads like:science fictiongenetic engineeringnorth americanear futuretenseadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book2 of 2 works carry a tone
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- Darwin's Childrendarkest · most intense
- Darwin's Radiobrightest · calmest