Modern science will tell you—reproductive cloning ain’t easy. A multitude of issues currently makes it difficult. Techniques are inefficient. Surviving cloned animals are generally unhealthy, suffering from defects to their vital organs and premature aging. Not to mention the ethical questions involved. Just because we can do it—should we? It’s a veritable dream for ethical philosophers. And a nightmare for everyone else.

Being a clone’s clearly even harder. (And forget about being an A.I.—that’s just brutal!)

Read the rest of the review here.
Mind Over Ship by David Marusek (Tor)