Saturday, January 7, 2017
The L7 Gene, by Jeanne Thornton
Another from the Wired Science Fiction Issue. The L7 Gene ponders the ethics of cloning and gene manipulation in a way close to, but not the same as, the many other stories I've read on this topic. I've read plenty, fictional and non, on designer babies. But what if you could clone your existing, "imperfect" child and correct the mistakes? The story explores a specific case, one where it is possible to correct the sex selection issue that produces transgender females. There's some understandable resentment. And what does the clone do? Not quite groundbreaking but very current and very well done. 3 stars
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