I recently read Call Signs by Cathy A. Chance on the online magazine Afterburn. In the story Cathy tells the story of a female clone pilot as she confronts a difficult situation that makes her change her way of thinking. Star Wars introduced the idea of a clone army (at least to me,) but there's never been much discussion about the possibility of female clones having value. Cathy's choice of having her pilots be women is an interesting/apt one considering that women have often played interesting roles in air flight. Amelia Earhart is one of the most famous pilots in history. Jeana Yeager flew the Voyager with Dick Rutan on a non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world. And who can forget Jessica Dubroff who died at seven trying to fulfill a dream of flying across the United States.
I think one of the reasons that science fiction shorts are so poplular is because we all can glimpse at just the edge of what the future holds and science fiction writers take one element like Cathy does her with clones in the military and gives us a glimpse of what might be. It also gets us thinking. I personally wonder what would happen if all pilots were women, clone or not.
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