Questa serie approfondisce le complessità dell'identità e dell'esistenza in un futuro tecnologicamente avanzato in cui il trasferimento della memoria e la clonazione sono realtà. La narrazione è incentrata su un uomo preso in prestito, un clone che abita i ricordi di una persona deceduta, che scopre un pericoloso mistero. Unisce magistralmente trame intricate a profonde esplorazioni filosofiche di ciò che definisce l'umanità. I lettori rimarranno affascinati dai suoi concetti che invitano alla riflessione e dalla sua avvincente trama.
Set in a future where cloning and memory transfer are possible, the story follows a borrowed man, a clone with the memories of a deceased individual. As he navigates a world filled with intrigue and danger, he becomes entangled in a mystery that challenges his identity and purpose. Gene Wolfe explores themes of memory, existence, and the nature of humanity, offering a thought-provoking narrative that combines philosophical depth with a gripping plot.
Interlibrary Loan is the brilliant follow-up to A Borrowed Man: the final work of fiction from multi-award winner and national literary treasure Gene Wolfe Hundreds of years in the future our civilization is shrunk down but we go on. There is advanced technology, there are robots. And there are clones. E. A. Smithe is a borrowed person, his personality an uploaded recording of a deceased mystery writer. Smithe is a piece of property, not a legal human. As such, Smithe can be loaned to other branches. Which he is. Along with two fellow reclones, a cookbook and romance writer, they are shipped to Polly’s Cove, where Smithe meets a little girl who wants to save her mother, a father who is dead but perhaps not. And another E.A. Smithe... who definitely is.