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Bookmark on DeliciousPublished: Jan. 18, 2011
Words: 29110 (approximate)
Language: English
Short description
How would you raise yourself? Your cloned child is a mirror, simultaneously reflecting who you are and what you might have been. It's potential was your potential. Can your clone achieve those dreams that fell to the wayside in your own life, or is it doomed to repeat your mistakes?Extended description
How would you raise yourself?Your cloned child is a mirror, simultaneously reflecting who you are and what you might have been. It's potential was your potential. Can your clone achieve those dreams that fell to the wayside in your own life, or is it doomed to repeat your mistakes?
Clones is a collection of speculative short-stories exploring the relationship dynamics between parents and their cloned children. It inspires speculation as it entertains, probing issues we will face in our lifetimes.
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drama, speculative fiction, science fiction, cloningAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Elfwreck
on March 12, 2012 :
Some interesting concepts being played with, and good character interactions, but overall a bit flat. The stories all seem to assume modern USAn-esque nuclear-family structures as the norm, and the clone stories are variants of that. They're good stories--just not particularly mind-expanding.
I'd recommend this to people who haven't read much science fiction but would like to try some, but don't want to be overwhelmed by a genre laden with complex tropes.
Enjoyable to read; I just kept waiting for the weird scifi to kick in, and it didn't. Instead, these are somewhat like stories that modern-day TV shows involving clones might be.
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Review by:
Bridget Squires
on Jan. 19, 2011 :
One of the best stories I have EVER read here on smashwords. I could not stop reading! The different perspectives, the delightful personal aspects each story contained and the fantastic writing absorbed me completely. I will certainly be sharing this link on my Facebook wall and everywhere else I can because this book NEEDS to be read since it has something for everyone. Great job!
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