Intrusion

Ken MacLeod

Orbit, 2012 - Future, The, in literature - 387 pages

Imagine a near-future city, say London, where medical science has advanced beyond our own and a single-dose pill has been developed that, taken when pregnant, eradicates many common genetic defects from an unborn child. Hope Morrison, mother of a hyperactive four-year-old, is expecting her second child. She refuses to take The Fix, as the pill is known. This divides her family and friends and puts her and her husband in danger of imprisonment or worse. Is her decision a private matter of individual choice, or is it tantamount to willful neglect of her unborn child?A plausible and original novel with sinister echoes of 1984 and Brave New World.

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Review: Intrusion

User Review  - Tara - Goodreads

Meh. I am not attached enough to this book to bother with a proper review. It was easy to read, but the 'plot' is all over the place. The ending is atrocious. The dialogue was written well enough for me to give it two stars - but it probably only deserves one.

Review: Intrusion

User Review  - Gerhardt Himmelmann - Goodreads

I found this book deeply frustrating. Like my favourite kind of science fiction, it poses some really interesting questions about technology, society, and the interaction of the two. However, as a ...

About the author

Since graduating from Glasgow University in 1976, Ken MacLeod has worked as a computer analyst in Edinburgh. He now writes full-time. He is currently the Writer in Residence for Edinburgh Napier University's MA in Creative Writing (2012-2013) and was the Genomics Forum writer in residence in 2009.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Intrusion
• Author: Ken MacLeod
• Publisher: Orbit, 2012
• ISBN: 1841499390, 9781841499390
• Length: 387 pages