Blake Crouch on the Science in His Sci-Fi novel UPGRADE | Inside the Book

Author Blake Crouch discusses the research that went into his new novel UPGRADE, which included consulting a molecular geneticist. Get the book: bit.ly/3DNhIBg
ABOUT UPGRADE
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “If Michael Crichton had written a superhero novel, it would look a lot like Upgrade.”-The New York Times Book Review
“You don’t so much sympathize with the main character as live inside his skin.”-DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Outlander series
“Mysterious, fascinating, and deeply moving-exploring the very nature of what it means to be human.”-ALEX MICHAELIDES, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient and The Maiden
The mind-blowing new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion-currently in development as a motion picture at Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners
“You are the next step in human evolution.”
At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just feels a little . . . sharper. Better able to concentrate. Better at multitasking. Reading a bit faster, memorizing better, needing less sleep.
But before long, he can’t deny it: Something’s happening to his brain. To his body. He’s starting to see the world, and those around him-even those he loves most-in whole new ways.
The truth is, Logan’s genome has been hacked. And there’s a reason he’s been targeted for this upgrade. A reason that goes back decades to the darkest part of his past, and a horrific family legacy.
Worse still, what’s happening to him is just the first step in a much larger plan, one that will inflict the same changes on humanity at large-at a terrifying cost.
Because of his new abilities, Logan’s the one person in the world capable of stopping what’s been set in motion. But to have a chance at winning this war, he’ll have to become something other than himself. Maybe even something other than human.
And even as he’s fighting, he can’t help wondering: what if humanity’s only hope for a future really does lie in engineering our own evolution?
Intimate in scale yet epic in scope, Upgrade is an intricately plotted, lightning-fast tale that charts one man’s thrilling transformation, even as it asks us to ponder the limits of our humanity-and our boundless potential.
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[@David_the1]

I'm honestly not even a big reader. But somehow, I found Blake Crouch, and somehow, his books get me to read. I'm just now learning that this one is out, but if it's anything like dark matter or recursion, I'm sure I'll love it.

[@SUBtrauma]

Recursion is my favorite, but the Wayward Pines series (trilogy?) is a close second and my previous faves. HIGHLY recommend..

[@rick_terscale1111]

Upgrade. Great movie! Logan Marshall-Green, awesome.

[@romanbaczynski8656]

Cracking novel - Crouch novels always give you great science fiction that's genuinely believable and in a setting tat you can relate to. This one's bang on!

[@jonwizard3989]

Upgrade - reading it now. Fantastic book - Great writer. 5 stars!

[@Maxbecks1]

He’s upgraded

[@joaoalbertofn]

Upgrade is one of the best new hard core modern sci fi I’ve read. Its like The Matrix and Gattaca had a son.

[@WillChil466]

How did Helena's name get by you in the audiobook?
It us never pronounced helen ah. It is Helaine a. Hel aNe' a!

[@insanetimelord]

unfortunately was a little disappointing to read, really cool premise with an execution that left something to be desired

[@RJZII]

STOP BAD-MOUTHING JENNIFER DOUDNA AND EMMANUELLE CHARPENTIER'S DISCOVERY OF CRISPR CAS EDITING :)