Where Did I Come From?

...is becoming a multiple-choice question. Extra-uterine, cloned and bio-engineered human reproduction is right around the corner. Science Fiction has always been drawn to this edge of human evolution, celebrating, admonishing—and sometimes even prophesying—our tentative steps toward artificial reproduction. Here, sprung from the minds of the masters, is a varied and rich collection of stories tackling the controversial issue of reproductive alternatives—and the future that such choices may bring...

Not of Woman Born Tales of high-tech reproduction from the most inventive names in science fiction, edited by Constance Ash.

Hunting Mother Sage Walker	Judith's Flowers Susan Palwick	A Gift to be Simple Patricia A. McKillip	Island of the Ancestor William F. Wu
One Day at Central Convenience Mall Nina Kiriki Hoffman	Dead in the Water Jack McDevitt	Raising Jenny Janni Lee Simner	There Was an Old Woman Robert Silverberg
Remailer Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald	The Leopard's Garden Constance Ash	Bouncing Babies Kara Dalkey	Daddy's World Walter Jon Williams
Of Bitches Born Michael Armstrong	Dopples Richard Parks

Award-winning, best-selling, and renowned authors bring you tales that will change the way you look at conception, birth, and parenting...

In Nina Kiriki Hoffman's "One Day at Central Convenience Mall," a race of programmed retail clerks makes shopping a breeze—until one decides to break the mold...

An obsolete religious group finds a high-tech way to replenish their flock in Patricia A. McKillip's "A Gift to Be Simple"...

Robert Silverberg's classic tale of genetic manipulation, "There Was an Old Woman," reveals what happens when thirty-one identical clones rebel against their determined destinies—and the woman who created them...

A dead boy discovers that virtual environments are a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there in "Daddy's World" by Walter Jon Williams...

And ten more stories to take you to the cutting edge of reproductive technology—and beyond!

NOT OF WOMAN BORN

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