Drum Machine
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Drum Machine is a short story first published in The Inheritance anthology.
It is a story set in the future where genetically engineered designer babies are the socially acceptable norm. The protagonist, an ex-musician by the name of Chesterton is working as a Social Interface in the state's Reproductive Permits.
Editions
- first published in the anthology The Inheritance in 2011.
Covers
Translations
- A Dutch translation (title?) published in 2012 in De verhalen.
- A French translation Boîte à rythme in L’Héritage et autres nouvelles first published in 2012, reprinted in 2013.
International covers
This story is included in The Inheritance anthology. Robin Hobb stories: The Inheritance | Homecoming | Cat's Meat Megan Lindholm stories: A Touch of Lavender | Silver Lady and the Fortyish Man | Cut | The Fifth Squashed Cat | Strays | Finis | Drum Machine |