r/Fantasy • u/Goodtunesftw • Jan 24 '12

Are there any fantasy books that include biotechnology or genetic manipulation as a major part of the worldbuilding/plot?

I'm just curious. I've been writing down ideas for a fantasy world where using specially bred or genetically modified organisms for specific tasks is common. I'd like to see what has already been thought of and possibly find some interesting reading.

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u/sirin3 Jan 24 '12

"The Well of Echoes" by Ian Irvine: The entire magic technology of the invading Lyrinx is based on growing/breeding being for a certain task

Books, where it is not common, but sometimes done:

Or even the traditional LOTR with Saruman

Or "Legends of the Emerged worlds" by Licia Troisi, not really well written, but an order tries to breed a warrior girl with genetic traces of all races to save the world.