false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167301486m/21010.jpg 21010 17 Imagine a future--next year, perhaps?--in which the wealthy clone themselves at birth to provide spare parts for their bodies as they become needed. Drop into that scenario a tough but compassionate ex-cop who decides to liberate seven "spares" from the farm where they're being kept until needed, and you've got a lively, very moving combination of genres that has already been bought for the big screen. 1178452 book 1996 Spares total:285|5:93|4:120|3:62|2:9|1:1| 285 1150 353 33 4 0 false false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 19:02:11 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 16:53:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Tue Sep 08 09:21:23 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 09:25:47 -0700 2009
Spares, I feel, is his greatest novel as a s...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 15:41:09 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 10:51:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Jul 03 05:01:11 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 07 01:45:39 -0800 2008 Michael Marshall Smith. Il faut donc dès le départ abandonner pas mal de choses au vestiaire : comme par exemple l’illusion souvent entretenue que le personnage principal doit être positif, car l’auteur a de...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 08:31:45 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 08:29:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat Oct 31 02:24:48 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 02:28:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 22:48:29 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 10:45:54 -0700 2009
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As well he has tried to create some fictional universe in The Gap, and in my opinion faile...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 28 13:49:30 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 13:50:48 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 00:20:22 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 15:03:27 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Thu Jul 30 19:26:43 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 19:27:58 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jun 12 14:40:11 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 14:40:55 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri May 22 04:18:14 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 04:19:27 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 17:00:27 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 10:29:09 -0700 2008
Okay, this is a cyberpunk novel without the cybernetics. It reads like a detective story. There's what feels like a strong Vietnam allegory. It's in an urban wasteland (that actually gets high marks for inventiveness and originality).

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The concept of cloning, in this case, is further twisted by the concept of this ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 22 13:42:36 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 13:44:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 12 05:22:40 -0800 2009 Mon Aug 03 03:29:33 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=21010