Terrarium by Scott Russell Sanders

Author:Scott Russell Sanders
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2014-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

5 March 2034—Vancouver

If I do not let Teeg go inside for a visit, Gregory threatens to send the HP after her, as he certainly can now that she’s reached breeding age. Unlucky thirteen. All he wants is a visit, just two weeks with his daughter, he swears solemnly on the vidscreen.

“And will they breed her up like a prize cow?” I ask him.

He clears his throat. His gleaming bulbous head wobbles on the screen. “I rather doubt it. Her—how shall I say it?—her middle section—”

“Pelvis?”

“Well, yes. It’s narrow, they tell me. Other women are better suited for bearing her children. The eugenics board will simply preserve her”—he tiptoes gingerly around the word—“eggs, and match them with suitable”—again the hesitation—“male seed.”

“Are you sorry we made Teeg in the old-fashioned way?” I ask him.

His eyebrows lift and lift, rippling the vast forehead, his multi-lensed eyes soften, and for a moment I think he is going to smile, an event as remarkable and rare as the northern lights.

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