Parasite Eve
by:
Hideaki Sena (author)
When Dr. Nagashima loses his wife in a mysterious car crash, he is overwhelmed with grief but also an eerie sense of purpose; he becomes obsessed wiht reincarnating his dead wife. Her donated kidney is transplanted into a young girl wiht a debilitating disorder, bu the doctor also feels compelled...
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When Dr. Nagashima loses his wife in a mysterious car crash, he is overwhelmed with grief but also an eerie sense of purpose; he becomes obsessed wiht reincarnating his dead wife. Her donated kidney is transplanted into a young girl wiht a debilitating disorder, bu the doctor also feels compelled to keep a small sample of her liver in his laboratory. When these cells start mutating rapidly, a consciousness bent on determining its own fate awakens, bent on becoming the new dominant species on earth.Parasite Eve was the basis of the hugely popular videogame of the same name in the U.S. and has been cinematized in Japan.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781932234206 (1932234209)
Publish date: May 20th 2008
Publisher: Vertical
Pages no: 299
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Speculative Fiction,
Asian Literature,
Thriller,
Horror,
Japan,
Relationships,
Japanese Literature,
Supernatural
Parasite Eve begins with the death of Kiyomi Nagashima. While driving, she suddenly blacks out and has the same dream she had previously only had on her birthday, a dream in which she is a worm-like being swimming through fluid. She recovers from her dream just in time to hit a telephone pole. Tosh...
Mitocondrias calientes, es todo lo que deben saber.
Está entre 3 y 4 estrellas. La idea me gustó, no es terror que se escuche muy seguido y con las descripción y los detalles científicos consiguió convencerme lo suficiente. Aunque quizá se extiende demasiado en los detalles y tarda en llegar a las partes interesantes. Puedo entender porqué a alguien ...
I was looking to have the shit scared out of me, not slowly bored out of me with a blunt instrument. Maybe this is just a case of going into a book with the wrong expectations and finding myself disappointed. I expected scary, I got slow-going lecture on pharmaceutical laboratory tests, kidney trans...
Mitochondri-Aaaaaaaahhh!!
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