What if we could have babies without bearing children, eat meat without killing animals, have a perfect sexual relationship without involving another human being or chose the time of our painless death?
Jenny Kleeman is a journalist and documentary-maker. She writes for the Guardian, Tortoise, The Times and the Sunday Times. She has reported for BBC One's Panorama, Channel 4's Dispatches and VICE News Tonight on HBO, as well as making 13 films from across the globe for Channel 4's Unreported World. Sex Robots & Vegan Meat is her first book.
Thoughtful and diverting . . . Kleeman’s sceptical, humane
instincts help her to unpack the possibilities of frontier tech . .
. Even if it doesn’t have the answers, this elegantly written and
eye-opening book poses the right questions
*inews.co.uk*
Mesmerising
*Daily Mail*
Kleeman’s entertaining survey of the latest advances in life
sciences . . . a little like Louis Theroux channelling Margaret
Atwood. She is an accomplished storyteller
*New Statesman*
A pleasingly sceptical investigation into the innovations that
could change the way we eat, have sex and die . . . Reading
[Kleeman's] book, you are left dismayed not so much by what lies
ahead as by the current reality of the men with planet-sized egos
vying with one another to control birth, food, sex and death. It’s
a habit that’s as old as the hills
*Guardian*
Sex Robots and Vegan Meat is a tour of the lurid fringes of the
tech world, which will appeal to fans of Mark O’Connell’s To Be a
Machine. Kleeman is an acerbic guide, whose understated common
sense contrasts with the grandiosity of her interviewees.
*The Times*
Fascinating . . . an epic exercise in concision – all four of these
sprawling chapters could have run to books on their own, and at
times I wish they had'
*Daily Telegraph*
The real treat is Kleeman’s insatiable curiosity, pushing her to
ask the difficult questions, even when conversations take an
awkward turn (as they so often do) . . . A moreish page-turner of a
book that will leave you feeling informed and ready for the next
dinner party.
*Press Association*
Kleeman goes behind-the-scenes of some of the most futuristic
creations out there . . . a fascinating look at what the future
holds and what it means to be human
*Dazed*
This eye-opening debut is a compelling investigation into the
implications of the cutting-edge technologies that aim to deliver
the perfect partner, the perfect gestation, the perfect meat and
the perfect death. The sceptical Kleeman makes a witty and
tenacious guide
*The Bookseller, Editor's Choice*
A fascinating examination of what the future holds, and of what it
means to be human. Jenny Kleeman writes with wit and a wealth of
knowledge that ensures you will never look at a chicken nugget in
quite the same way again.
*Elizabeth Day, author of How to Fail and The
Party*
The future is a fairly scary place, but there is no better guide to
it than Jenny Kleeman. By turns alarming, funny, thought-provoking
and fascinating, this is a book that brilliantly shows us where
much of our life (and death) is heading.
*Stig Abell*
An unforgettable journey into the near future by a fabulously
gifted writer
*Will Storr, author of Selfie and The Science of
Storytelling*
A brilliant, thought-provoking book full of strange details,
fascinating people and challenging ideas. A necessary book that
wears its wealth of research lightly. As Jenny Kleeman says, this
isn't science fiction, and yet some of the images will haunt me for
years to come.
*Nell Frizzell, author of The Panic Years*
I loved this book. A fascinating and often frightening dispatch
from the near future, where we have sex with robots and grow babies
in artificial wombs . . . and the craziest thing is that this isn’t
decades away, it’s happening right now. Jenny Kleeman writes in
such an engaging way – as well as posing big questions about what
these developments mean to humanity, we get to know the quirks and
obsessions of the individuals driving these huge changes. It’s a
very human book about the people who might change humanity
forever.
*Marianne Power, author of Help Me!*
Kleeman approaches the future as a reporter firmly grounded in the
present; her method is to journey to the frontier and take a long
look around . . . Kleeman’s capacious curiosity opens up a
kaleidoscopic view of an issue . . . her insights feel earned . . .
Kleeman recognizes that technology has the power to shape human
life, of course, but she is also interested in interrogating that
power, and understanding who exactly gets to wield it.
*New York Times*
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