Wednesday, June 9, 2010

The Cutie - Greg Egan

Short Story

Number of words : 4400
Percent of complex words : 10.4
Average syllables per word : 1.5
Average words per sentence : 19.3


READABILITY INDICES

Fog : 11.9
Flesch : 58.0
Flesch-Kincaid : 10.0



PEOPLE

Diane

A woman who doesn't want a kid.

Frank

A man who does want a kid.

Bach

A composer.

Angel

The Cutie.


ORGANISATIONS

EFT

Manufacturers of the Cutie kit.


TECHNOLOGY

Cabbage Patch Doll

A toy.

Video Baby

A toy.

Computer Crib

A toy.

Black Box

Part of the system used for making and monitoring Cuties.


CONCEPT

Cutie

A child substitute made by genetic modification of the donor's DNS. Stupider than puppies.




PLOT

A man who really wants a child cannot find a willing partner and decides to carry a Cutie to term. A genetically modified person that is made to look like a cute baby, but to be dumb and not live long enough to make it past this stage.


4 out of 5

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