Diese Serie befasst sich mit den Komplexitäten von Identität und Existenz in einer technologisch fortgeschrittenen Zukunft, in der Gedächtnisübertragung und Klonen Realität sind. Die Erzählung konzentriert sich auf einen geliehenen Mann, einen Klon, der die Erinnerungen einer verstorbenen Person bewohnt und ein gefährliches Geheimnis aufdeckt. Sie verbindet gekonnt verschlungene Handlungsstränge mit tiefgründigen philosophischen Erkundungen dessen, was die Menschheit ausmacht. Die Leser werden von den zum Nachdenken anregenden Konzepten und der spannenden Handlung gefesselt sein.
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.