Deze serie duikt in de complexiteit van identiteit en bestaan in een technologisch geavanceerde toekomst waarin geheugentransfer en klonen realiteit zijn. Het verhaal richt zich op een geleende man, een kloon die de herinneringen van een overleden persoon bewoont en een gevaarlijk mysterie ontdekt. Het combineert vakkundig ingewikkelde plots met diepgaande filosofische verkenningen van wat de mensheid definieert. Lezers zullen geboeid raken door de tot nadenken stemmende concepten en het aangrijpende verhaal.
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.