Zenith Cobra thinks that science has made life nearly perfect.

Especially since it has conquered his fear of death by enabling him to talk to interactive, computer-generated images of deceased relatives and friends on the videophone, relating to them the same as when they were alive. (Zenith has found that death usually improves his relationship with most people, and he's certain that the souls of the dear departed are now residing in the computerized personalities).

But science has yet to make Zenith happy. He's sure it will, though, as soon as he can afford to carry out his scheme to use computer technology to change his image as a bad lover (sex is now more mind-boggling than ever, but beware of electronically-transmitted sexual diseases).

When the planet's last nature preserve is destroyed by a man-made microorganism that gets out of control, Zenith finds himself at the center of a battle to use "designer nature" to rid the dying Earth of insect-laden nature and fill the planet with brand new animals all designed by man. This new science also promises to allow people to use a computer to design and hatch right at home their own new exotic animals for pets or dinner entrees.

Are these ideas the work of scientific genius, the whimsy of madmen, or just great ad campaigns that take advantage of people's preference for fiction over reality?

The answer sends mankind off in a new direction that surprises absolutely everyone.

The Reviews are in. The Smelix is the must-read novel about life in the 21st Century.

"The Smelix is a brilliant satire. Hilarious, provocative, thought provoking and endlessly imaginative." (Joe Sokolinsky, San Francisco TV)

"The Smelix is for anyone, sci-fi fan or not, who likes to laugh at the absurdity of human existence. It's Kurt Vonnegut meets Douglas Adams. Great characters, great plot, great philosophy." (Leon Stern, Chicago columnist)