Inclination by William Shunn « Biology in Science Fiction: Free Fiction

“Jude is a young boy living in a technophobic religious enclave within a much larger space station. When his father sends him to work among the biomodded Sculpted, Jude encounters a wider world he knew nothing about, and finds himself confronted by choices he couldn’t have imagined just days earlier.”

Title: Inclination

Author: William Shunn

Length: novella

First Publication: Asimov’s Science Fiction, 2006

Awards: 2007 Hugo Award nomination, best novella; 2007 Nebula Award nomination, best novella; 2006 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award finalist

What the Story is About: A Netherview Station story. From the author: “Jude is a young boy living in a technophobic religious enclave within a much larger space station. When his father sends him to work among the biomodded Sculpted, Jude encounters a wider world he knew nothing about, and finds himself confronted by choices he couldn’t have imagined just days earlier.”

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