Timeline for Trying to remember novel with a "body bank"
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| Mar 26 at 23:19 | answer | added | bob1 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 26 at 22:02 | answer | added | Giacomo1968 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 26 at 19:23 | comment | added | Zeiss Ikon | Correct -- though the only actual novel in the "Organ Banks* story set is The Patchwork Girl in which Luna keeps donors intact (legally dead, but biologically retrievable) to keep the organs fresh. The title character did receive mismatched temporary transplants (an eye and an arm) after being reprieved while still retrievable. | |
| Jun 3, 2020 at 16:12 | answer | added | FuzzyBoots | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 8, 2019 at 2:24 | history | edited | Buzz |
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| Oct 14, 2017 at 4:16 | vote | accept | Buzz | ||
| Oct 14, 2017 at 4:10 | comment | added | starpilotsix | Niven does deal with compulsory-organ-donations for criminals a fair bit (most notably in his story "The Jigsaw Man") so it's possible it's one of his, but I believe he usually goes with 'just kill the guy and take the organs right away' rather than piecemeal. | |
| Oct 14, 2017 at 4:06 | answer | added | starpilotsix | timeline score: 12 | |
| Oct 14, 2017 at 3:55 | comment | added | Buzz | @Politank-Z The only Known Space novels I've read were three Ringworld novels, and I'm pretty sure this wasn't any of these. | |
| Oct 14, 2017 at 3:54 | comment | added | Politank-Z | This sounds like something from Larry Niven's Known Space universe. As it is, this seems pretty vague, though. | |
| Oct 14, 2017 at 3:30 | history | asked | Buzz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |