{"product_id":"the-xenotext-9781552454985","title":"The Xenotext","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt lives! The bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEunoia\u003c\/i\u003e writes a death-defying poem in DNA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Xenotext: Book 1\u003c\/i\u003e, Christian Bök outlined his plan to insert his poem, written as DNA, into a deathless bacterium, thereby writing a text able to outlive every apocalypse, enduring till the Sun itself expires. Now that the experiment has finally succeeded, Book 2 of \u003ci\u003eThe Xenotext\u003c\/i\u003e situates that poem within the deep time of the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur civilization has only very limited methods for preserving its cultural heritage against a potential planetary disaster (be it thermonuclear warfare or astrophysical barrage); however, this experiment rehearses some of the techniques likely to be used in the future to preserve our archives against such annihilation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWriting in his signature poetics, Bök speculates that, buried within the biochemistry of Life itself, there really does exist an innate beauty, if not a hidden poetry - a literal message that we might read, if we deign to seek it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041309032791,"sku":"9781552454985","price":15.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781552454985.jpg?v=1750949754","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-xenotext-9781552454985","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}