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Replicas
What if, at age 24, you were brought into a room at a medical center where your parents introduced you to your droid siblings? One is a virtual twin of yourself, a brilliant scientist and inventor whose accomplishments exceed yours to date. The other is an emotionally tortured enby who has accomplished little and questions its own humanity.
One droid is the simulation of your original genome. The other of the genome your parents had modified. How would you react?
"Replicas" is the story of Melissa Shipton, a woman born on 24th-century Earth together with two droids who share her genetic profile. It’s a time when humans are colonizing eight Earth-like exoplanets in nearby star systems. Shipton becomes an anthropologist and botanist studying life on worlds she has never visited. Shipton’s complex and tragic relationships with her droid siblings and her same-sex spouse lead her on a journey in which she redefines herself as a scientist, a parent, and a lover.
Based on the meticulously designed universe described in the "Handbook for Space Pioneers" by L. Stephen Wolfe and Roy L. Wysack, "Replicas" is the second in a series of science-fiction books from the Galactic Association of Intelligent Life about exoplanet settlers.
One droid is the simulation of your original genome. The other of the genome your parents had modified. How would you react?
"Replicas" is the story of Melissa Shipton, a woman born on 24th-century Earth together with two droids who share her genetic profile. It’s a time when humans are colonizing eight Earth-like exoplanets in nearby star systems. Shipton becomes an anthropologist and botanist studying life on worlds she has never visited. Shipton’s complex and tragic relationships with her droid siblings and her same-sex spouse lead her on a journey in which she redefines herself as a scientist, a parent, and a lover.
Based on the meticulously designed universe described in the "Handbook for Space Pioneers" by L. Stephen Wolfe and Roy L. Wysack, "Replicas" is the second in a series of science-fiction books from the Galactic Association of Intelligent Life about exoplanet settlers.
220 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 19, 2017
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February 21, 2018
It's hard for me to be objective about Replicas because it is based on the Handbook for Space Pioneers that I co-wrote in the late 1970s. Replicas is not an action novel. It is more about character development, which is richer than readers will find in most science fiction.
The book explores a number of provocative topics including exoplanet societies, artificial intelligence, the rights of androids, genetic engineering, and trans-sexuality. Issues of trans-sexuality and gender identity are another important focus of the novel and are explored with empathy and sensitivity, illustrating how people may deal with these subjects in 350 years.
If you like thinking about what the future might really be like when people settle on exoplanets, it's an interesting read.
The book explores a number of provocative topics including exoplanet societies, artificial intelligence, the rights of androids, genetic engineering, and trans-sexuality. Issues of trans-sexuality and gender identity are another important focus of the novel and are explored with empathy and sensitivity, illustrating how people may deal with these subjects in 350 years.
If you like thinking about what the future might really be like when people settle on exoplanets, it's an interesting read.
February 2, 2018
This was surprisingly readable for one who generally doesn't like SF.
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