I did read 'Breakfast' and thought it was fine, but, like, it was all over in a couple of minutes! If I'm going to read listen , I'll try a real audiobook - I am struggling to keep up a decent rate with them as it is. Including some dnfs, I have reached 29 audiobooks in the first six months of 2022, and I might hit 60 for the year. In 2018 I hit 120 for the year. Sam goes to a new fertility lab called Vitek. They offer future parents the opportunity to make some very small alterations to the DNA of their child. So their child can have a leg up in an increasingly competitive society. When the fertility lab shows Sam all his options, he starts to realize something about himself. The possibilities of who his future child could end up becoming, with a few genetic nudges in his chosen direction, reveal more about Sam himself than he’d like to admit. I'm not an "artsy" reader, and I don't like deliberately ambiguous or condescending stories. I want to read something meaningful, sure, but I also want it to make sense to me. What I really liked about this, though, is that Towles could have gone into all the old ethics of genetic engineering arguments-- is it right to play God? Is it right to design a baby? --but instead he takes a different route, which I found really interesting. It's kinda a spoiler, but I loved the idea that you can do absolutely everything within your power for your kids and still not get it right, and sometimes you can throw caution to the wind and gamble and win.

You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles - Goodreads You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles - Goodreads

This was a short enjoyable read. I liked the main concept of it a lot. I just wanted to read more. I mean for such an intriguing concept this story leaves you with much more to be desired. However, it still is an entertaining story like the previous stories in this series. But, then the story went off in a different direction and the intrigue of the concept was lost for me. I can tell what the author was trying to do and say, it was just that the content of the end felt so disjointed that it didn't enthral me like the beginning did. Sam's wife has chooses three models for him to consider and the Fertility clinic has created three short movies for Sam to watch before making his choice. This story about a pivotal point in technological advancement is about reproduction. Yes, human reproduction. As such, this was especially interesting since we've had a lot of discussions online and in different governments about what is technologically possible and what people think/feel should be morally doable.The plot is a bit jumbled, and I didn’t get a good feel for either the setting or the characters—but, the whole thing seems to be about ideas. When we start trusting some corporation to genetically engineer our children, what are we really going to end up with? Laysee wrote: "I'm glad you enjoyed this work by Towles, Mark. I'm not surprised that it is brilliant. His work almost always has this wonderful quality. I've yet to read this and look forward to it. "Genetic nud..." Crouch gathered a few well-known writers to contribute to this intriguing short story collection, asking them to consider the same questions. Among the writers involved, apart from Towles, are the likes of N.K. Jemisin, Paul Tremblay, Veronica Roth, and Andy Weir. Sam’s reaction to the three outcomes Annie has chosen for him to review is the basis for the plot. It’s an entertaining, well-written story, but it fell a bit flat for me. The science fiction part was shallow and not well developed. Towles just briefly touches on the genetic engineering technology and focuses mostly on the characters. I also didn’t understand the ending. It’s entirely possible I may have missed something, but I just didn’t get it. Feldman, Lucy (2016-06-01). "Amor Towles Expands His Portfolio With 'A Gentleman in Moscow' ". Wall Street Journal.

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I thought the first part - half to three-fourths or so - we're very good and built up my expectations for the ending. The idea basically being could you predict the life of your future child in the same way your credit score predicts how good you are with money. The scenarios presented were interesting and thought provoking. Here we are not confronted with manbeasts but with the choice of "contour" of your child. Sam Paxton, who steadily earned his fortune and is now ready to have children, has three options to choice from, carefully curated by Vitek, a cutting edge firm. Mark wrote: "Thanks so much Chrissie, I enjoyed your review - I just finished another one of this series that was good too!!"

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But when a company can calculate decisions and therefore life styles by and for people who haven't even been born (projections that then let them decide which genetic markers need to be pushed and which ones need to be suppressed), where's the free will?Towles, Amor (September 7, 2016) [September 2016]. "Channel a More Romantic Era of Transatlantic Travel". Conde Nast Traveler . Retrieved July 1, 2018. Hey Tezza, I've gotta hope I make three score and ten!!!! That would be a nice win :)) I'll take anything - hahaha. We use the detailed profiles you’ve given us on yourselves to understand the environment in which your child will be raised. Then, by using those elements as a filter, we can identify within our proprietary database a significant cohort of people with a similar genetic makeup who were brought up in a similar environment and, based on their actual experiences, begin to anticipate—within a margin of acceptable error—the shape of the life that your child will lead.”