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. The book leans heavily on conversations between the writer and various figures with stakes in the game.

Midway through Jenny Kleeman’s entertaining survey of the latest advances in life sciences, I began to worry about female obsolescence.

Kleeman, a journalist and documentary-maker who specialises in tech and social affairs, makes a compelling and thoughtful attempt to understand where such inventions might lead us. Her book is less a pearl-clutching polemic against progress than a concerned squint at what the future might hold.

Kleeman is an acerbic guide, whose understated common sense contrasts with the grandiosity of her interviewees.

This is a book of nonfiction, but parts of it read like horror stories.

Intriguing updates from the protean worlds of food, companionship, death, and beyond.

... a funny yet disturbing report on the science, technology, and marketing strategies reshaping some of the most basic human urges and drives.