Cloning humans, cloning literature: genetics and the imagination deficit
- 1 April 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Genetics and Society
- Vol. 18 (1) , 9-22
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14636779908656887
Abstract
After the birth of Dolly, media stories on cloning were replete with references to well-known science fiction plots. This essay criticizes the ‘imagination deficit’ of scientists and journalists, first by problematizing the uncritical adoption of attenuated science fiction plots in the media coverage of Dolly, and second, by proposing to look at more expansive science fiction novels that carefully examine issues such as uniqueness and identity in relation to the new genetics.Keywords
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