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Violence
Barely any
Body horror; transformation sequences; deaths
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Intensely psychological SF; the transformation of human consciousness is deeply unsettling; body horror elements
What this book is about
Bear's 1985 SF novel follows Vergil Ulam, who illegally modifies lymphocytes into intelligent cells, then injects himself to smuggle them out of the lab. The resulting transformation of biology, society, and human consciousness is one of SF's great thought experiments. For adults.
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Body horror
Philosophical horror
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