Human Cloning
Cherryh, C.J. Cyteen (Aspect, 1995). Set in the Union-
Alliance SF universe, the story focuses on a deliberate
attempt to recreate a murdered genius through a combination
of cloning and duplication of the original environment
and life experiences.
Cherryh, C.J. Serpent’s Reach (Mandarin, 1989). Longlived
aristocratic families breed cloned servants and trade
with insectoid aliens while feuding amongst one another.
Levin, Ira. The Boys from Brazil (Bloomsbury, 1998). An
attempt to clone Hitler and duplicate his upbringing;
makes the nature-versus-nurture point.
Weaver, Michael D. Mercedes Nights. (St. Martins, 1987).
A celebrity is cloned multiple times for sale as a sex toy.
Wolfe, Gene. The Fifth Head of Cerberus (Orb, 1994). A
clone family struggles with itself and native dopplegangers
for control of a backwater double-planet colony.
Nonhuman Biotechnologies
Butler, Octavia. Xenogenesis (Doubleday, 1989).
Seemingly benevolent aliens biologically modify humans to
adapt them to their own society.
Harry Harrison. West of Eden (Ibooks, 2000). Struggle
between early humans and evolved dinosaurs who have
mastered primitive biotechnology.
Williams, Walter Jon. Angel Station (Tor, 1989). Free
traders encounter high-biotech aliens in a world where
genetic engineering is common.
Bioterrorism, Outbreaks, and Medical Thrillers
Bear, Greg. Blood Music (Ibooks, 2002). Intelligent bioengineered
diseases transform the world through
nanotechnology; a classic bio-nanotech disaster novel.
Bear, Greg. Darwin’s Radio (Del Rey, 2000). Diseases
sleeping in the human genome return as the trigger for
evolutionary change. Sequel Darwin’s Children.