Nine Lives (novelette)

Nine Lives (novelette)
"Nine Lives"
Author Ursula K. Le Guin
Country  United States
Language English
Genre(s) Science Fiction
Published in Playboy
Publication type Magazine
Media type Print
Publication date 1969

"Nine Lives" is a 1969 science fiction novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin. Originally published in Playboy magazine, it was reprinted in The Wind's Twelve Quarters, the story is about what human cloning does to one's perception of the self, and among other things explores bisexual bonding between clones.

It was nominated to the Nebula Award for Best Novelette in 1969.[1]

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Notes
  1. ^ "Nebula Awards Nominees List". The Locus Index to SF Awards. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Nebula1970.html. Retrieved 2011-07-09. 
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