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Set hundreds of years from now, "Interlibrary Loan" follows E.A. Smithe, a clone of a deceased mystery writer whose consciousness is an uploaded personality. As a rentable asset, Smithe is shipped to Polly's Cove alongside fellow code‑clones, including a cookbook and romance writer. There he encounters a little girl who hopes to save her mother and confronts secrets about a dead father and the possibility that his original self may still be living. The novel explores how advanced technology, autonomous robots, and a society that treats clones as property shape identity and inheritance.
First publish date: 2020
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Gene Wolfe
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