Clywick's ReMembering
Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance
| Author: | I.M. Gerhi | ISBN: | 9780620544351 |
| Publisher: | GPB Janse van Vuuren | Publication: | August 28, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | I.M. Gerhi |
| ISBN: | 9780620544351 |
| Publisher: | GPB Janse van Vuuren |
| Publication: | August 28, 2012 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
What if you did not win a boatload of cash, but rather a total body make-over in the lotto? But not just an external make-over but a total re-sequencing of your genetic material?
Of course this type of treatment would be horrifically expensive. Which is why the lottery makes sense. To give everybody a fighting chance. But what if some of the results of the genetic re-sequencing is unpredictable, very much a question of chance, like uhm ... playing the lotto?
In the short science fiction story Clywick's ReMembering an ordinary handyman wins the lotto and gets a whole lot more than what he bargained for.
Because in the Genlotto of 2057 the winner does not get a boatload of cash. They get a complete genetic make-over, and the chance to be envied by all who have to make do with just what nature gave them. But sometimes you don't want what you win and you would rather just settle for what you had.
What if you did not win a boatload of cash, but rather a total body make-over in the lotto? But not just an external make-over but a total re-sequencing of your genetic material?
Of course this type of treatment would be horrifically expensive. Which is why the lottery makes sense. To give everybody a fighting chance. But what if some of the results of the genetic re-sequencing is unpredictable, very much a question of chance, like uhm ... playing the lotto?
In the short science fiction story Clywick's ReMembering an ordinary handyman wins the lotto and gets a whole lot more than what he bargained for.
Because in the Genlotto of 2057 the winner does not get a boatload of cash. They get a complete genetic make-over, and the chance to be envied by all who have to make do with just what nature gave them. But sometimes you don't want what you win and you would rather just settle for what you had.
