Cloning Blues: Difference between revisions

* [[Alex Rider]]: In the second book, ''Point Blanc'', the [[Big Bad]] plans to take over the world by {{spoiler|cloning himself sixteen times (actually done properly, having started the project fourteen years earlier), then giving each of the clones plastic surgery to look like the sons of influential men and having them take their places}}. In ''Scorpia Rising'' {{spoiler|Alex's double, Julius, reappears, and we are told how the clones were raised to be killers, and physically abused if they did anything wrong}}. Furthermore, {{spoiler|Julius is completely twisted, with no morals, consumed by hating Alex, and previously tried to scratch his own face off because he couldn't bear looking like him}}.

* In Frank Herbert's ''WorShip'' series, clones are second-class citizens at best, disposable labor resources at worst. When there's a crisis or shortage, they always get the short end. They all have some identifiable mutation, adding [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?]].

* In Jeff Long's ''Year Zero'', adult human clones are created using ancient DNA, then used as expendable guinea pigs for research to cure an unstoppable plague. Not only are these clones fully sentient, but they retain the memories of their entire lives, up to and including their deaths, and so assume they're being punished in the afterlife.

* ''The Cuckoos Boys'' by [[Robert Reed]] revolves around the aftermath of a tailored virus causing millions of women to be "impregnated" artificially with the genetic code of a brilliant biologist. The clones (referred to as "Philip Stevens" or PSes) all have their creators features and high IQ, but develop uniquely based on who raises them; it doesn't stop mandatory sterilization, acts of terrorism, genocide, and glorified concentration camps, however.