Six Wakes

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Call Number: Science Fiction / Lafferty, Mur
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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"A space adventure set on a lone ship where the clones of a murdered crew must find their murderer -- before they kill again. It was not common to awaken in a cloning vat streaked with drying blood. At least, Maria Arena had never experienced it. She had no memory of how she died. That was also new; before, when she had awakened as a new clone, her first memory was of how she died. Maria's vat was in the front of six vats, each one holding the clone of a crew member of the starship Dormire, each clone waiting for its previous incarnation to die so it could awaken. And Maria wasn't the only one to die recently..."-- Provided by publisher.

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Murder! In! Space! And Also Philosophy! submitted by Meginator on August 27, 2022, 5:42pm This book is billed as a locked-room mystery set on a generation ship, and while the story does spiral out from that basic premise, Mur Lafferty ultimately uses the plot to explore deep questions about humanity, ethics, and our individual ability (or inability) to move on from the past and forge a new future. The book’s structure is heavily reliant on carefully deployed information about the history and uses of cloning technology, which in turn relates to the central mystery; despite the juggled timelines, Mur Lafferty exerts remarkable control over the narrative and every piece of additional context lands at just the right moment for maximum impact. The book is difficult to put down due to the incredible thoroughness of its worldbuilding and Lafferty’s ability to consistently add new wrinkles and complications that always act directly in service to the primary narrative arc. This is a thrilling and ambitious work of science fiction that offers the mystery promised in its blurb but also so much more. I loved it.

space clone murder mystery submitted by hbcarter on June 25, 2023, 11:03am Kudos to Lafferty on constructing a whodunit where it's believable that none of the potential murderers actually know who did it. I thought the reveal was a bit of a let down, but luckily, the mystery was more of a device (rather than the focus of the book) to explore the ramifications of immortality through cloning. I think a lesser author could have made this very cheesy, but Lafferty keeps the pacing going while making you ponder things like the nature of existence. Very enjoyable.