I just got this off-list from David Brin, and he asked me to post it
here:
The title of my new novel - the most original thing I've done in years -
is
KILN PEOPLE. (To be published by TOR in January.) Take the notion of
golems
- temporary clay people (not clones). Using a "home copier" you ditto
your
memories and a genuine imprint of your soul, then at day's end you
download
the golem's memories. As a citizen of this future, you've done this a
zillion times and take it for granted. You live your life in parallel,
sending expensive "study golems" to the library while cheap models clean
the house and your real body works out at the gym. 2/3 of the
population
is clay, has no rights, and doesn't think it's unfair.
So far, it's huge fun. Bad puns like psycho-ceramics. Golem blanks
come
in ceram-wrap. Get it? ;-) Several of you were helpful and are
mentioned
in the acknowledgements.
*** ! In October look for "Forgiveness" -- a 90 page hardcover Star
Trek
graphic novel (a posh word for a high-class comic!) based on a story I
first envisioned in the 1960s!
Also watch for the ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO ALIENS IN DAVID BRIN'S
UPLIFT
UNIVERSE, from BantamBooks next summer.
Best to you all!
With cordial regards.
David Brin
www.davidbrin.com
