Clones

New tales of genetic engineering and its impact on tomorrow…

Long before there was Dolly the sheep, there were brilliant science fiction authors speculating on the power and potential, the temptations and the terrors, of cloning. Join them as they explore the ideas, the implications, and the thrilling dramatic possibilities in this collection of nine stories by Ursula K. LeGuin, Joe Haldeman, John Varley, Greg Egan, Damon Knight, Ian R. MacLeod, Kate Wilhelm, Pamela Sargent, and Charles Sheffield.

“The Extra” by Greg Egan
“The Phantom of Kansas” by John Varley
“Nine Lives” by Ursula K. Le Guin
“Past Magic” by Ian R. MacLeod
“Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang” by Kate Wilhelm
“Out of Copyright” by Charles Sheffield
“Mary” by Damon Knight
“Clone Sister” by Pamela Sargent
“Blood Sisters” by Joe Haldeman

Cover Art by Ron Miller

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, April 1998

Printed in the United States of America

eISBN: 978-1-62579-140-5

"Nine Lives," by Ursula K. Le Guin. Copyright © 1975 by Ursula K. Le Guin. First published in Playboy, November 1969. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author's agent, Virginia Kidd.
"Mary," by Damon Knight. Copyright © 1964 by Galaxy Publishing Corporation. First published (under the title "An Ancient Madness") in Galaxy, June 1964. Reprinted by permission of the author.
"The Extra," by Greg Egan. Copyright © 1990 by Greg Egan. First published in Eidolon #2, August 1990. Re¬printed by permission of the author. "Out of Copyright," by Charles Sheffield. Copyright © 1989 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1989. Reprinted by permission of the author.
"The Phantom of Kansas," by John Varley. Copyright © 1976 by UPD Publishing Corp. First published in Galaxy, February 1976. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author's agent.
"Blood Sisters," by Joe Haldeman. Copyright © 1979 by Playboy. First published in Playboy, July 1979. Reprinted by permission of the author. "Past Magic," by Ian R. MacLeod. Copyright © 1990 by Interzone. First published in Interzone 39, September 1990. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author's agents, Owlswick Literary Agency.
"Clone Sister," by Pamela Sargent. Copyright © 1973 by Joseph Elder. Copyright reassigned to the author in 1977. First published in Eros in Orbit (Trident Press). Reprinted by permission of the author.
"Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang," by Kate Wilhelm. Copyright © 1974 by Kate Wilhelm. First published in Orbit 15 (Harper & Row). Reprinted by permission of the author.

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