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A topic currently in many people’s thoughts is the problem of identity theft, which, thanks to new and improved information technology, has become an almost ubiquitous threat. Another, which some people still regard as too science-fictional to be a real concern (while others worry about it for nonsensical reasons) is human cloning: the copying (in a very limited way) of people. But suppose you put the two together and then go beyond, to a world in which real copying of people is quick, easy, and routine. "Identity theft" takes on a whole new meaning, and gives rise to such tangled webs as the one in "The Policeman’s Daughter," Wil McCarthy’s lead novella in our June issue.
Richard A. Lovett’s fact article looks at the prospect for another form of tampering with human nature that’s already getting a toehold. Athletes obsessed with winning have long looked to chemical helpers, but now they’re beginning to really get down to basics, with "gene doping." Lovett, with coauthor Mark Niemann-Ross, also has a novelette about the increasingly blurry line between real and virtual life; and we have a mixed bag of other stories by such writers as John G. Hemry, Carl Frederick, and Uncle River.
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You think that identity theft is a problem? You ain't seen nothin' yet.
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The Science Behind the Story
by Carl Frederick
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The Alternate View by Jeffery D. Kooistra
Jeffery talks about a man named Kelvin.
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Novella
The Policeman's Daughter
by Wil McCarthy
Novelettes
Working on Borrowed Time
by John G. Henry
Netpuppets
by Richard A. Lovett & Mark Niemann-Ross
Short Stories
Improbable Times
by E. Mark Mitchell
This Little World
by Carl Frederick
How Bears Saved the Change
by Uncle River
Science Fact
Gen Doping and the Other Scandals of the (Not So Distant) Future
by Richard A. Lovett
Reader's Departments
The Editor's Page
In Times to Come
The Alternate View by Jeffery D. Kooistra
The Reference Library by Tom Easton
Brass Tacks
Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis
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