Next, by Michael Chrichton

Summary: This book follows the important events in the lives of various individuals connected with genetic research and transgenic species.

Comments: I spent much of the book wondering if there was any plot to speak of, or if it was just the lives of various people connected to a common topic. I think some of them wound up being kinda connected, but that's pretty much it.

Also, I noticed that probably at least two thirds of the characters were having affairs. Maybe not quite that many now that I think about it, but after a little more thinking about it, I'm starting to doubt my doubts.

Beyond that, I might call it thought-provoking and exposure to a subject I'm not really familiar with. But I think I ran into it somewhere in real life recently.