Short Story
Number of words : 5500
Percent of complex words : 15.7
Average syllables per word : 1.6
Average words per sentence : 20.9
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 14.6
Flesch : 48.7
Flesch-Kincaid : 11.6
PEOPLE
Angela Cooper
Lottery millionaire mother who wants an enhanced son.
Bill Cooper
Lottery millionaire father who wants an enhanced son.
Sam Cook
MB BS MD FRACP PhD MBA. A reproductive specialist.
Elvis Presley
An early rock singer.
Eugene
Bill and Angela's future child.
Kant
A philosopher.
Beethoven
A composer.
TECHNOLOGY
Perspex
A transparent thermoplastic.
IVF
In-vitro fertilisation.
ORGANISATIONS
Human Potential
A genetic engineering company.
Department of Social Security
Australian government department.
Department of Defence
Australian government department.
PLACES
Melbourne
Capital of Victoria.
Alice Springs
City in the Northern Territory.
CONCEPTS
Neo-blacks
People who have taken a viral treatment to turn their skin black and make it more resistant to skin cancer and radiation given the ozone depletion.
Muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis and Huntington's disease
Genetic conditions Human Potential can eliminate.
TPGM
Third-party genetic material.
Grand Unified Field Theory
Merged interaction of the fundamental forces.
VEHICLES
Roll-Royces
Expensive cars.
MEDIA
Van Goghs
Old paintings.
PLOT
Bill and Angela meet and decide they are compatible, so do the usual thing. After winning the lottery they decide to have a child that has undergone gene therapy.
The act and possibility of doing so with so many millions behind it earns them a visit from the future-possible avatar of the child - who doesn't see any point in his existence as they desired it, tells them this briefly, empties their banks accounts, and vanishes.
The three people involved go back to their lives.
4 out of 5
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