The Immortality Factor, Ben Bova
The Immortality Factor, Ben Bova
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The Immortality Factor

Author: Ben Bova

Narrator: Paul Boehmer, Holly Hawkins, Rosalyn Landor, Scott Peterson, Stefan Rudnicki, and Judy Young Directed by: Stefan Rudnicki and Kirk Miller

Unabridged: 17 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2011

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

In this provocative, gripping, and startling novel, bestselling author Ben Bova delivers a knockout read with his trademark blend of cuttingedge science and unrelenting suspense. Some see stemcell research as mankinds greatest scientific breakthrough; others, a blasphemous attempt to play God. Suddenly, the possibility of immortality exists. Two brothers, both doctors, stand on opposite sides of the controversy. To Arthur Marshak, his work is a momentous gift to humanity. To Jesse Marshak, it is a curse. And between them stands a beautiful, remarkable woman that both brothers will do anything to save. Somehow, before its too late, Arthur and Jesse must bridge the gap that divides themon an issue that could mean nothing less than life or death for millions.

About Ben Bova

Ben Bova is the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction, including Able One, Leviathans of Jupiter, and the Grand Tour novels, including Titan, winner of John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and in 2008 he won the Robert A. Heinlein Award "for his outstanding body of work in the field of literature." He is President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science Fiction Writers of America, and a former editor of Analog and former fiction editor of Omni. As an editor, he won science fiction's Hugo Award six times. Dr. Bova's writings have predicted the Space Race of the 1960s, virtual reality, human cloning, the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), electronic book publishing, and much more. He lives in Florida.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Drew on June 15, 2024

A very enjoyable read, despite the difficult moral and ethical issues it raises. Bova is one of my favorite authors. This book is also sold under the title Brothers.......more

Goodreads review by Fredrick on January 07, 2016

A medical novel that is not science fiction. A panel of scientists hold a trial on the regeneration of body parts that centers on two brothers and their love of the same woman. It addresses moral and ethical issues of medicine.......more

Goodreads review by Eric on January 12, 2018

Ben Bova is known more for hard science fiction, but this novel is set in the real world. The scientific principles are straight out of current research trends, reactionistic anti-science forces might as well have been pulled from yesterday's headlines, and Congressional opportunism rings true as we......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on January 23, 2018

I didn't care too much for this book. I won't call it lousy, but it was a Texas sized disappointment. The premise was for scientists to use a 'science' court to prevent a horde of religious zealots from having veto power over scientific progress. Amid throngs of protesters floating around the venue......more

Goodreads review by Becky on May 01, 2023

A bit over wrought -- the main protagonist is nursing a broken heart due to his fiancé marrying his brother -- but that becomes a reasonable part of the plot carrying forward. What should America do if a corporation brings a technology forward that promises near immortality? Is it moral to let it pr......more

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