pugh@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (10/08/85)
From: "pugh jon%b.mfenet"@LLL-MFE.ARPA I just read a story in the latest Best of Omni #n called Number 13. It relates to the matter transmission/ duplication disscussion that has been occuring. The story concerns a colony ship that is looking for a habitable planet. Of course, someone must be woken up to decide if it is worth landing on. The guy who is woken up has been grown from a template of the original and if he decides to abort the landing, he has to grow old and die waiting for the next planet while they grow a new version of him. Needless to say he gains some insight into himself from the log because he is Number 13. It's a good story and presents another view of this whole original versus duplicate thought patterns idea we have been bouncing around. I recommend it. The book also contains other good stories from the pages of Omni, including Rutvarra's Case (sp) by Philip K Dick and Amanda and the Alien by Robert Silverburg and A Teardrop Falls by Larry Niven and a mess of other stories. Joe Bob says check it out. Jon