Shear, David
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1938-2007) US biophysicist and author whose Near Future sf novel, Cloning (1972), complicatedly entwines the presence of Androids and Cloning in the world of 2020; the protagonist, a molecular biologist who is an unknowing member of a cluster of clones, must cope with profound issues of Identity, dramatized through an Android campaign for equal rights with humans. [JC]
David Shear
born Boston, Massachusetts: 26 January 1938
died Austin, Texas: 21 April 2007
works
- Cloning (New York: Walker and Company, 1972) [hb/Enrico Scull]
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