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pisces · 9th March 2005, 04:51 PM

hi, can anyone please help me find a book....i can't remember title or author but the plot is loosely about clones. When a person is born a clone is made of them who's used as a doner for organs when the original person gets ill. I think that's a loose version of the plot. No idea when it was printed but i was told of it about 3 years ago. Thanks for any help

Mark Robson · 9th March 2005, 05:24 PM

Not one that I've read, I'm afraid, but someone here will probably have heard of it. Welcome to Chronicles.

Teresa Edgerton · 9th March 2005, 06:15 PM

Sounds like it might be something by Larry Niven. Organ banks and organ transplants come up rather often in his books.

Leto · 9th March 2005, 06:28 PM

As well as in Robert Heinlein's books. It's an important part of The Cat who walks through the wall, for exemple (when Colin learn who's the donor of his leg).

Sulphonic · 9th March 2005, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by pisces

hi, can anyone please help me find a book....i can't remember title or author but the plot is loosely about clones. When a person is born a clone is made of them who's used as a doner for organs when the original person gets ill. I think that's a loose version of the plot. No idea when it was printed but i was told of it about 3 years ago. Thanks for any help

I believe this book you seek is called "Spares" by Michael Marshall Smith.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books

Apologies if I'm wrong.

pisces · 10th March 2005, 01:46 AM

thanks so much

i think that's the book but after reading some of the reviews it doesn't sound as good as it was made to sound to start with

oh well, still sounds like an interesting plot.

knivesout · 10th March 2005, 04:55 AM

Well spotted, especially as I can hardly think of an SF writer who hasn't tackled cloning at some point.

Winters_Sorrow · 10th March 2005, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by knivesout

Well spotted, especially as I can hardly think of an SF writer who hasn't tackled cloning at some point.

I don't think there's been a book about a cloned SF author though......that'd be interesting!!

knivesout · 10th March 2005, 01:08 PM

I lkke the way you think.

Winters_Sorrow · 10th March 2005, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by knivesout

I lkke the way you think.

Cheers!

Cloning....a narcissist's wet dream!

I, Brian · 10th March 2005, 07:36 PM

Another hamster avatar!

pisces · 10th March 2005, 09:15 PM

Really? Well i'm new here so thought i was being original having one. They are the cutest creatures though (just after dogs)...oh well, back to the drawing board.

Sulphonic · 12th March 2005, 06:35 PM

Just to continue the theme for cloning, I've just found that there is a movie coming out in the US this summer called "The Island" featuring characters who discover that they are clones that have been created for the purpose of providing spare parts.

If you want to find out some more then www.imdb.com is the place to go.

9th March 2005, 04:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
pisces Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5	trying to find book hi, can anyone please help me find a book....i can't remember title or author but the plot is loosely about clones. When a person is born a clone is made of them who's used as a doner for organs when the original person gets ill. I think that's a loose version of the plot. No idea when it was printed but i was told of it about 3 years ago. Thanks for any help

9th March 2005, 05:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mark Robson Dragon Writer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,946	Re: trying to find book Not one that I've read, I'm afraid, but someone here will probably have heard of it. Welcome to Chronicles.

9th March 2005, 06:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
Teresa Edgerton Ink-stained Wretch Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,654 Blog Entries: 2	Re: trying to find book Sounds like it might be something by Larry Niven. Organ banks and organ transplants come up rather often in his books.

9th March 2005, 06:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
Leto Outside Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,340	Re: trying to find book As well as in Robert Heinlein's books. It's an important part of The Cat who walks through the wall, for exemple (when Colin learn who's the donor of his leg).

10th March 2005, 01:46 AM	#6 (permalink)
pisces Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5	Re: trying to find book thanks so much i think that's the book but after reading some of the reviews it doesn't sound as good as it was made to sound to start with oh well, still sounds like an interesting plot.

10th March 2005, 04:55 AM	#7 (permalink)
knivesout cheap,flashy little crook Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,999	Re: trying to find book Well spotted, especially as I can hardly think of an SF writer who hasn't tackled cloning at some point.

10th March 2005, 01:08 PM	#9 (permalink)
knivesout cheap,flashy little crook Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,999	Re: trying to find book I lkke the way you think.

10th March 2005, 07:36 PM	#11 (permalink)
I, Brian Admin and Tea-boy Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,404 Blog Entries: 1	Re: trying to find book Another hamster avatar!

10th March 2005, 09:15 PM	#12 (permalink)
pisces Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5	Re: trying to find book Really? Well i'm new here so thought i was being original having one. They are the cutest creatures though (just after dogs)...oh well, back to the drawing board.

12th March 2005, 06:35 PM	#13 (permalink)
Sulphonic Permanently Confused Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 18	Re: trying to find book Just to continue the theme for cloning, I've just found that there is a movie coming out in the US this summer called "The Island" featuring characters who discover that they are clones that have been created for the purpose of providing spare parts. If you want to find out some more then www.imdb.com is the place to go.

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