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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Six Wakes Six Wakes Mur Lafferty "A space adventure set on a lone ship where the clones of a murdered crew must find their murderer -- before they kill again. It was not common to awaken in a cloning vat streaked with drying blood. … OL17879630W
How to clone a mammoth How to clone a mammoth Beth Alison Shapiro "Could extinct species like mammoths and passenger pigeons be brought back to life? The science says yes. In [this book], Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in 'ancient DNA' research, w… OL19663812W
Duplicity Duplicity N. K. Traver When seventeen-year-old Brandon, a tattooed bad boy skilled in computer hacking, is sucked into a digital hell and replaced with a preppy Stepford-esque clone, his life and sanity rest on the shoulde… OL20007166W
The DNA story The DNA story James D. Watson Reproduces articles, commentary, and correspondence generated by scientific discoveries on genetics and gene cloning, with a final section detailing the scientific background. OL2125461W
The other son The other son Allan Avidano "In this compelling debut sci-fi pastiche of existential crises, millennia-old religious prophecies and modern-day fanaticism, the supernatural aspirations of a Muslim scientist collide with the mode… OL24161043W
Amortals Amortals Matt Forbeck The USA, tomorrow. For some, death is a thing of the past. But then they brought Secret Service agent Ronan "Methusaleh" Doonan back witha new clone body, to hunt his own killer. That was their first… OL24679768W
Clan Clan Realm Lovejoy "Clans are Unity. No variation. No deviation. On Clades, to be a Clan is to be an exact copy. A perfect society cloning themselves to survive, even as the zombielike Frags threaten to overrun them on… OL24692557W
Double Identity Double Identity Margaret Peterson Haddix As Bethany approaches her thirteenth birthday, her parents act more oddly than usual. Her mother cries constantly, and her father barely lets Bethany out of his sight. Then one morning he hustles the… OL548189W
Mammoth Mammoth Richard Stone No fabled creature of the Pleistocene Era has a more powerful hold on the imagination than does the woolly mammoth. Cave paintings of the giant beasts hint at the profound role they played in early h… OL5789640W
Kiln people Kiln people David Brin "Thanks to the new technology of imprinting, people in a near-future America can copy their personalities into animated clay bodies (called "dittos" or "golems"), which last a single day. Albert Morr… OL58707W
Becoming Human Becoming Human Valerie J. Freireich From the back cover: TRAITOR, SPY, CLONE -- HE MAY BE THEIR ONLY HOPE As a sub-human spy probe, August gathers intelligence from the inner corridors of the Harmony of Worlds' Grand Assembly. A… OL8166129W
Illegal Beings Illegal Beings Kerry Lynn Macintosh Many people think human reproductive cloning should be a crime. In America some states have already outlawed cloning and Congress is working to enact a national ban. Meanwhile, scientific research co… OL8332330W