A dystopian, conflicted art gallerist Jess? Sweet!

OMG! This Chris Beckett story is totally about me!

You can read the title story of The Turing Test online, and it's well worth checking out. In a dystopian future, Jessica runs a gallery where art increasingly involves human body parts and is designed to shock and appall bystanders.

Now I have to go read it. . .

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I really liked that story -- echoes of PKD.

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