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**pam123** · 04-15-2003, 04:34 PM

Lois McMaster Bujold, who writes the Vorkosigan series books, has one called Ceteganda. It came out in '96 so I'm not sure if it's still in print.
It's about a whole society that is a genetic's experiment ( it's also part murder mystery and all space opera and good fun)by it's own members on themselves. Almost.
It seems they do need test subjects, after all you can't have untried genetic combinations roaming around loose. So they have a created servant class of experiments.
Bujold based the society itself on Heian-Ko, Japan at the time Lady Murasaki wrote "The Tale of Genji".
It's a good story if you can get hold of it. Amazon may have it.

04-15-2003, 04:34 PM	#16
pam123 Computing Professor Staff Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 11,715	Lois McMaster Bujold, who writes the Vorkosigan series books, has one called Ceteganda. It came out in '96 so I'm not sure if it's still in print. It's about a whole society that is a genetic's experiment ( it's also part murder mystery and all space opera and good fun)by it's own members on themselves. Almost. It seems they do need test subjects, after all you can't have untried genetic combinations roaming around loose. So they have a created servant class of experiments. Bujold based the society itself on Heian-Ko, Japan at the time Lady Murasaki wrote "The Tale of Genji". It's a good story if you can get hold of it. Amazon may have it.