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Beggars in Spain (Great Science Fiction Stories)
Beggars in Spain - Great Science Fiction Stories Author:Nancy Kress This is the novella, not novel, of the same name, on three audio CDs. This story won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Sleep once served an important evolutionary function. Once Clem Pre-mammal was done filling his stomach and squirting his sperm around, sleep kept him immobile and away from predators. Sleep was an aid to survival. But now it'... more »s a left-over mechanism, like the appendix. It switches on every night, but the need is gone. So Biotech Institute can turn off the switch at its source, in the genes. There are side effects. Compared to their age mates, the non-sleep children - who have not had IQ genetic manipulation - are more intelligent, better at problem solving, and more joyous. And no negative side effects reported, so far.« less
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ISBN-13: 9781884612428 ISBN-10: 1884612423 Publication Date: 12/20/2005 Edition:1 Una Rating: