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Book title? about people raised with low IQs for their body part?

Asked by skfinkel (13537points) May 27th, 2012

relatively recent book, they begin to figure it out in the book.

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gailcalled's avatar

Do you mean people bred for the sole purpose of harvesting? OMG

skfinkel's avatar

The title is something like best friends or I’ll always be there for you…

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iphigeneia's avatar

Never Let Me Go? It’s a contemporary novel about people being bred (actually cloned) for the purpose of organ donation. Though they aren’t raised with lower IQs, just kept naïve.

gailcalled's avatar

I think that @skfinkel is looking for the title of a real book (I think).

A place to start; http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Book+about+harvesting+body+parts&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

A 2007 young adult novel is Unwind(novel)

And Orson Scott Card’s A Planet Called Treason

zenvelo's avatar

The book is NeverLet Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. It was made into a movie released last fall.

The people in the book are not low IQ but rather kept in a “school” that isolates them from anything outside their community. It’s a great, although creepy, read.

skfinkel's avatar

Yes, it’s Never Let Me Go. Thanks all!

Trillian's avatar

See The Island, and; Parts, the Clonus Horror!

Jeruba's avatar

@Trillian has just named the movie I was thinking of, The Island. It has the same theme of people being raised to supply replacement parts, although low IQ is not a factor. I’d categorize that film as one of the many that are adequately entertaining without being very good, worth a Netflix rental but not the price of tickets at a theater.

Trillian's avatar

On the other hand, Parts, the Clonus Horror was redone as an MST3K, much better the second time around.

bewailknot's avatar

I read something similar (perhaps derivative?) titled Replication: The Jason Experiment by Jill Williamson. All the clones were of the same person.

digitalimpression's avatar

The books is “Never Let Me Go”... meh.. better late than never… or perhaps not.

skfinkel's avatar

@digitalimpression : Yes, it is “Never Let Me Go.” Thanks.

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