jtb@phs.UUCP (10/13/83)
The posible social consiquences of easy organ transplants and organ banks has been examined in detail in several short stories and novels by Larry Niven Some titles I can recall are A Gift From Earth, The Patchwork Girl, The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton (?). In general Niven is very pessemistic about the behavior of society if people can extend their lives with parts of someone else. Jose Torre-Bueno decvax!duke!phs!jtb
okie@ihuxs.UUCP (10/17/83)
Actually, I believe that 6 tried to break out; 2 were killed in the attempt, and the other four made it to Earth. No, wait a minute -- I think you were right about the one getting fried trying to get into the Tyrell Corporation. And the four remaining were Roy Batty, Leon, Zora, and Pris (Rachel wasn't a part of that group -- she was already with Tyrell on Earth). So that does leave one unaccounted for... hmmm...Bladerunner II? Naaahhhh. BKCobb