So I was reading about how scientists were creating genetically modified insects like mosquitoes and flies and releasing them into the wild. These insects are sterile, or carry a gene that makes babies die, or something else. They breed with the wild population and help control the number of the pests.
I wanted to see if there were any books about the concept being applied to humans.
by Pariell
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Lilith’s Brood (Xenogenesis Series) by Octavia Butler
The Dark Side of Nowhere by Neal Shusterman
Xeno Sapiens by Rena Marks
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam Trilogy) by Margaret Atwood
omg this is such a cool concept! kinda reminds me of “the 5th wave” but with more genetic manipulation. would totally read something like this on a rainy weekend.
Roughly speaking:
*Change Agent* by Daniel Suarez
*A Brave New World* by Huxley
*Never Let Me Go* by Kazuo Ishiguro
*Red Rising*
*Reckoners* by Sanderson
*The Boys* (comics)
*Gattaca*
These don’t employ the exact gene editing scenario you described (write your own book) but they give you some population gene editing fiction to enjoy.
“[The Screwfly Solution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Screwfly_Solution)” by Raccoona Sheldon references humans altering insects and speculates that aliens are altering male humans in a similar way. It is unclear if it is genetic modification or a different kind of biological warfare.