And Again

Jessica Chiarella
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And Again: Not Really a Science Fiction book

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1/18/2017
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When given a new chance to live, will dying people change for the better, or for the worse?

Synopsis: Four very different people who are facing death are given a new lease on life in cloned bodies to which their memories and personality have been transferred. But their suddenly perfect bodies, and their long-term reprieves from death, provide as much of a challenge to their personal lives and relationships as that created by their previously-terminal illnesses.

What I thought: The SF part of this book, the cloning, is merely a MacGuffin for the exploration of the personalities and relationships of the four main characters. In other words, it's a book about human interactions, weaknesses, and self-destructiveness; it's not really a science fiction book. I prefer my SF and Fantasy to be much heavier on those elements, but it's a good enough book that I finished it anyway.