David Plotz

A full-length treatment of the donors, children, mothers and families who were conceived through the Repository for Germinal Choice, a sperm bank advertised as focusing on Nobel prize winning donors.

David Plotz writes insightfully and colorfully about the history and human relationships created through the sperm bank, about the meaning of family, and the drive to understand the genetic and experiential components of identity. It is an interesting and highly humanized tale, worth reading not by everyone but by the people intrigued by the premise.… (más)

They should replace the hotel bibles with this version, maybe put it in the john--it's great for a quick dip into old stories, ones you heard as a kid in bible school, but here with the real scoop, nothing dumbed down. Plotz is continually amazed that God could be so blood-thirsty, unjust, and down right nasty. Also, that he (Yep he's a guy) is a John Wayne style meat eater; you can cut the carbos in your sacrifices to him. You might start paying attention to his never-ending rules (food, sex, rituals) after you hear how many folks he does in for non-violent offences.… (más)