| A dead body is found: That of the President of the United States. Yet the President appears to be alive and well. One of his aides decides to make an unauthorized investigation, and discovers a decades-old conspiracy that controlls the entire country.
Bova ingeniously predicted cloning in this story, written in the 1970's, and he got all the details right. An impressive work, except for a couple of tasteless sex scenes. One of the best works of near-future SF i have read. | ||
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Plot & Themes FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story Political power play Yes Political plotlets - factions fight within govt for control Story involving clones/duplicates? - good clones/duplicates Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Clones Yes Main Character Identity: - Male Age: - 20's-30's Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 60's-90's Profession/status: How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting Earth setting: - near future (later in 21st century) Takes place on Earth? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths scientific jargon? (SF only) - quite a lot of techical jargon Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - orgies - actual description of sex How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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