Antimatter Blues is the follow up to Mickey 7. If anything, it was funnier and more poignant than the first–I laughed and cried in this one. It points out a danger of cloning that I rarely see articulated: people thinking that a clone is essentially the same person as a previous clone, making the clone “expendable” in the minds of the people around him or her.
Highly recommended, just like the first. You can purchase it at Amazon US, Canada, Australia, GooglePlay
Amazon US, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Australia
Mickey7 is the only clone on a deep space colonization mission. He has a very important job–to die, whenever a suicidal mission presents itself. This happens a lot. Fortunately, for Mickey, he’s got his consciousness and body backed up on the colony mainframe. He doesn’t really die. Or does he?
Mickey 7 asks deep questions and explores the attitudes that non-clones might have towards him, but it does it with a light touch. At times Mickey 7 borders on satire, but never crosses so far over the line that you wind up not feeling for it’s main character.
Highly recommended.
Traditionally published and probably available at your public library.