Maximization of profit is something all major corporations strive for, and a world of clones provides this in an interesting way. And like most dystopian stories (written by men) women are treated as an afterthought to the Grand Political Message or as mere accessories to the Crippling Male Angst that drives the subversive action to its conclusion. Billy, or William 790, is a clone in a town full of Williams who all think alike, behave alike and willingly walk into a slurry machine on their first birthday, to be replaced by a new clone who is exactly the same. In Stephen Kozeniewski’s transcendental allegory Billy And The Cloneasaurus, the Platonic Cave like Williamsport-6 provides an apt setting for Billy’s story as his lighthearted quest for individual enlightenment eventually leads to deeper, more poignant revelations about western society in general and it’s obsession with consumerism and capitalism in particular.

Employees are often worked to extreme levels—suffering stress, sleep deprivation, family separation, etc.The kind of story where tension is built because you hope for different things to happen for some of the characters but know, in the end, it was impossible for things to play out any other way than how they have. He stops to pee by the road and he happens to see this weird building (a windmill) and as he goes to investigate he finally comes across the cloneasaurus! Things change, though, when something goes wrong and 790 lives past his death date due to an accident that leaves the machine in need of repairs.

To say Will 790-6’s birthday didn’t turn out the way it was supposed to (and always should), is a bit of an understatement. Again, is this from a genetic alteration, or is it simply because they were told that they should collect the profit (where the others were told to spend) and so they do? Stephen Kozeniewski (pronounced "causin' ooze key") is a two-time winner of the World Horror Grossout Contest. Dark, haunting, and blisteringly satirical, Billy and the Cloneasaurus is the story of one "man's" attempt to finally become an individual in a world of copies. Six billion identical clones make up the entire population of Earth, and William 790-6 (57th Iteration) is exactly like everybody else.I was thoroughly engaged from the very start and disappointed only with the fact that I was unable to finish it in one sitting. Through Billy and the Cloneasaurus it’s easy to see how a blind focus on bottom line numbers (profit) drives a mentality that employees should be mindless drones, doing only what they are told to do. It is a well-written illustration about the dangers of consumerism, blind faith in our leaders, and the horrific extent some could go to for profit and maintaining a status quo.

While we attempt to keep our posts PG-13, the material reviewed and discussed is intended for adults (18 years and older). Though I did not care for the tragic ending, the journey that 790 traversed was well worth the read. Until, of course, William 790 starts discovering more about the world he lives in and questioning if there is such a thing as free will or if he's just part of someone else's master plan.

This is difficult stuff to grappled with and even more difficult to stomach given the bleak but logical ending of this book. To be honest, I read the title, prior to the synopsis and was totally clueless as to what I was getting into. While I feel the concept of the clones conveyed messages I assume the author wanted the reader to receive, I also feel that it left a couple of holes for me.

If you assume they have the same level of greed (you know, because they’re clones) then I would have expected that the clones wouldn’t want to spend so much of their money.It was confusing at first since all the Williams clones refer to themselves and each other as Will (although our hero utilizes their numeric identifier to himself). However, upon reflection I think that would have gone against the grain of the whole concept—that with clones there are no surprises. You’ll see the scary similarities in the world we live in to those elements in the book that are the trappings of control.