4.5 stars. Y’all should really read this book. I went into it not knowing much, just something vague about clones and murders, but hearing that it was highly recommended. And hoo-boy did it fucking deliver. This was probably my favorite book of the year so far and I’m going to be foisting it upon people for a while. It’s the future and if you die, it’s okay because you probably have uploaded your consciousness and can just be re-downloaded into a new clone body. Six […]
Clones in Space
In Six Wakes, The Dormire, a generational ship travelling to colonize the planet Athena, is manned by six clones and an AI. It is the responsibility of the clones, with the help of the AI, to fly the ship, make any needed repairs and keep the cargo of humans, clones and homesteading materials safe. Clones are chosen to man the ship due to the fact that the journey to Athena will take hundreds of years. And, unlike a human crew, when the clones die, the […]
This book was so weird/cool/strange/confusing/fascinating
This was some excellent science fiction, if you’re in the market! Six Wakes starts on the spaceship Dormire, sometime in the future, where cloning has become a basic way of life. The book opens with the rules of cloning, including rules against suicide (with the exception of doctor-approved euthanasia), outlining inheritance law and banning certain genetic modifications. It’s also illegal to have more than one clone in existence at a time. So on the spaceship Dormine, we have six (surprisingly well-fleshed out) characters, all of whom are reawakening as […]