If you’re not watching the Canadian science fiction TV series Orphan Black (airs on BBCA on Saturday nights at 9) you’re missing out on some killer writing and telelvision. The plot involves clones—all of whom are very, very different and all of whom are played masterfully by Tatiana Maslany, who really should be tendered all the awards like right now.
But the show, which explores concepts of identity, property, and ethics amongst many other things, has a progenitor in literature, and that is CJ Cherryh’sCyteen.