Clones

Alice Turner · 04 Mar 1998, 19:11 · from whorl-v0008.mbox · original

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From: "Alice Turner" <al at interport.net>
Subject: (whorl) Clones
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 19:11:27
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[Posted from WHORL, the mailing list for Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun]


>Gene Wolfe's the _Fifth Head of Cerberus_ is mentioned as a work influenced
by
>the discussion of cloning in the later 1960s and early 1970s in _Clone_ by
>Gina Kolata (William & Morrow, 1998) on page 114. A plot summary is offered
>and the work is related to the fears and hopes people have about cloning.


That's interesting. Does it mention LeGuin's "Nine Lives?" A very different
take.

-alga-

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