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The sketchiness of the background is deliberate, but not to make a point. The author had a story he wanted to tell and he told that and little else. If I recall correctly the author states he carried the characters around in his head for 20 years and decided on cloning only because he listened or watched a program on it. The background was not at all important to the author, and it shows. To me it didn't work. I am pleased for those for whom it did work. Each to their own.
@Catlady. Whilst I think the author did little or no research on cloning I don't think this was due to laziness. I think self-indulgent is likely closer to the mark. He wrote the story he wanted to write with I suspect little consideration of readers. Sort of take it or leave it.
@astrangerhere. I really don't think the author considered how such a world might have developed, leaving us to fill it in for ourselves. All we are told is that harvesting these clones provides cures for virtually all diseases. If this were in fact true it is very easy to imagine that the Nazi's would have pioneered the field, given their access to a large group of human beings who they had no compunction in using for experiments.
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