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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Demco Media
Publication date
April 1, 1998
Binding
Reinforced
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780606186421
ISBN-10
0606186425
Dimensions
1.25 by 4.50 by 7 in.
Weight
0.55 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$14.53
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
When a scientist working on the Human Genome Project discovers his insurance company is secretly taking genetic samples from its policy holders, he learns that the company is making profits by eliminating its high-risk clients.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
This is the story of Pierre Tradivel, a scientist, and his complex battle against deadly illness, and ex-Nazi war criminal still hiding in the U.S., a crooked insurance company, and a plot to make Pierre and his wife the victims of a bizarre genetic experiment. Frameshift is hard science fiction at its best, full of complications and neat surprises.
Editions
Hardcover
from Tor Books (June 1, 1997)
9780312863258 | details & prices | 347 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $23.95
About: Pierre Tardivel, a geneticist confronted with the possibility of dying of Huntington's disease, uncovers a plot by his insurance company to kill off all their clients who are dying of disease so that they do not have to pay their claims, in a novel about the Human Genome Project.
About: Pierre Tardivel, a geneticist confronted with the possibility of dying of Huntington's disease, uncovers a plot by his insurance company to kill off all their clients who are dying of disease so that they do not have to pay their claims, in a novel about the Human Genome Project.
Paperback
from Tor Books (July 1, 2016)
9780765381453 | details & prices | 352 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.93 in. | List price $14.99
Reprint edition from Tor Books (November 1, 2005)
9780765313164 | details & prices | 347 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $21.99
About: In a near-future thriller, a scientist's complex battle against deadly diseases is challenged when he and his wife are targeted by an ex-Nazi war criminal and a corrupt insurance company's plot to render them guinea pigs in a bizarre genetic experiment.
About: In a near-future thriller, a scientist's complex battle against deadly diseases is challenged when he and his wife are targeted by an ex-Nazi war criminal and a corrupt insurance company's plot to render them guinea pigs in a bizarre genetic experiment.
Reprint edition from Tor Science Fiction (November 1, 1998)
9780812571080 | details & prices | 343 pages | 4.25 × 7.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $6.99
About: When a scientist working on the Human Genome Project discovers his insurance company is secretly taking genetic samples from its policy holders, he learns that the company is making profits by eliminating its high-risk clients.
About: When a scientist working on the Human Genome Project discovers his insurance company is secretly taking genetic samples from its policy holders, he learns that the company is making profits by eliminating its high-risk clients.
Reinforced
The price comparison is for this edition
from Demco Media (April 1, 1998)
9780606186421 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $14.53
About: When a scientist working on the Human Genome Project discovers his insurance company is secretly taking genetic samples from its policy holders, he learns that the company is making profits by eliminating its high-risk clients.
About: When a scientist working on the Human Genome Project discovers his insurance company is secretly taking genetic samples from its policy holders, he learns that the company is making profits by eliminating its high-risk clients.
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