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A scientist named Rajit, devises a cure for cancer.

Included in the short story collection "Smoke and Mirrors."

11 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1998

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Neil Gaiman

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April 16, 2021
Collected in in Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions. Rajit, a doctor, discovers the cure for cancer! The drug, called Re-Boot has just one teeny tiny side effect - as it reboots the body's cells to their original state, it may also change a person's

Sure it's a cure, but what happens if some people believe the side effects to the cure are worse than the disease? What follows as an examination of the role of gender in society, religion and the sociological consequences of gender fluidity. This story is intelligent, thought provoking and tragic.
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January 10, 2026
fire concept. if only we could take a pill to change our genitals! i sometimes wish that everyone had both parts, i think it'd make life a lot simpler, so this story hit close to home. i liked the way this one was written too, over the course of many years.
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June 16, 2022
This is pure genius. It describes exactly the glaring problems of our society, those cracks that run deep in the way we people do things. We shatter with the lightest touch unless we could pull ourselves together, soon.
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