Cloning
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Refik Halid Karay’s short story Hülya Bu Ya (1921) is considered one of the earliest examples of science-fiction in Turkish literature, imagining a futuristic Ankara through the eyes of an American journalist named Mr. Con. The short story does not simply follow Mr. Con’s account of this technologically advanced city. It is structured in a… Read more
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Karyn Kusama’s Æon Flux (2005) takes place in a dystopian commune called Bregna, where a technocratic regime of scientists aims to preserve the last portion of humanity, nearly destroyed by a pandemic. Headed by the lead scientist Trevor Goodchild, the Goodchild family has long been in power in Bregna, which is sustained through cloning practices… Read more
