Sometimes it's not a whole book that grabs you, but a single short story. I'm going to be sharing some of my favorites, beginning with The Phantom of Kansas.The Phantom of Kansas by John Varley. In the future there is a form of immortality where you have a DNA sample taken and a copy of your memory is downloaded into a computer. These are kept for you at a bank and if you die, your body is cloned and your memories are uploaded into the new body.
After a brain dump, environmental artist Fox wakes up in the medico facility only to realize she's not herself; she had died and has been reborn. But she didn't just die, she was murdered, and not just once, but three times. She is Fox #4 and if the first three of her were unable to stop her killer, what chance does she have?
This is what I love about Varley, he takes an idea and runs with it as far as he can. This story can be found in The Persistence of Vision and The John Varley Reader. I highly recommend both books.
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