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Fascinating Premise, Frustrating Execution

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

February 1, 2020 by kimberleybear 3 Comments

I’ll start with the setup: This book has a really fascinating premise. Humans have figured out cloning technology and its use is now fairly widespread. There has been unceasing civil unrest over the idea, and there are now certain rules that clones (or those looking to become clones) have to abide by, but human clones are now more or less ubiquitous. Basically when you die, a new you, at the peak of your physical form, is woken up and downloads all the memories of your […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Hugo Nominee, Mur Lafferty, Nebula Nominee, sci-fi, sci-fi mystery, sci-fi thriller

kimberleybear's CBR12 Review No:3 · Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Hugo Nominee, Mur Lafferty, Nebula Nominee, sci-fi, sci-fi mystery, sci-fi thriller ·
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