Worlds Enough And Time
““You seem to be in very good health.” He paused. “How do you like surprises?”
“From doctors, not at all.” She sat down, braced.
“Try this: you’re going to have a baby.”
“What?” O’Hara stared at him. “How can I be pregnant when I don’t have any ova?”
He smiled. “I don’t mean the old-fashioned way. I suspect a lot of women will react like that. It’s just that your name came up to be an ovum donor for the first generation. So as long as you approve, we’ll thaw one out, quicken it, and either pop i...t into your uterus or cook it up here.” The colonists had enough ova and sperm filed away to populate an entire solar system.
“But I thought it was going to be five years, at least.” The plan had been to have “generations” of about two hundred people in years 5, 7, and 9, and then do it again about twenty years later. “Is this some kind of a morale thing?”
“I don’t know; I just see directives. And hear rumors. You’re in the Cabinet, aren’t you?”MoreLess
“From doctors, not at all.” She sat down, braced.
“Try this: you’re going to have a baby.”
“What?” O’Hara stared at him. “How can I be pregnant when I don’t have any ova?”
He smiled. “I don’t mean the old-fashioned way. I suspect a lot of women will react like that. It’s just that your name came up to be an ovum donor for the first generation. So as long as you approve, we’ll thaw one out, quicken it, and either pop i...t into your uterus or cook it up here.” The colonists had enough ova and sperm filed away to populate an entire solar system.
“But I thought it was going to be five years, at least.” The plan had been to have “generations” of about two hundred people in years 5, 7, and 9, and then do it again about twenty years later. “Is this some kind of a morale thing?”
“I don’t know; I just see directives. And hear rumors. You’re in the Cabinet, aren’t you?”MoreLess
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