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No Woman Born

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 First published in Astounding Science Fiction (December 1944 issue), by C. L. Moore. A Science Fiction Novella about a woman who has been transformed into a Cyborg.John Harris was Deirdre's manager when she had been an interplanetary starlet, but she was nearly killed by a fire. Maltzer is an advanced roboticist who was able to construct a Cyborg body for her in less than a year. Deirdre is determined to go back to her old career, but she needs John's help because the roboticist is skeptical. Despite Harris's protests that her real self is truly there, Maltzer cannot shake off the feeling that she will soon lose her humanity, if she hasn't already.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })"No Woman Born" has been reprinted several times; A Treasury Of Science Fiction (1948), Great Stories Of Science Fiction (1951), Best SF (1955), Tomorrow X 4 (1964), The Best Of CL Moore (1975), Human Machines An Anthology Of Stories About Cyborgs (1975), Isaac Asimov Presents: The Great Science Fiction Stories, Volume 6 (1944) (1981), Science-Fiction 101 (1987), Science Fiction Classic Stories From The Golden Age Of Science Fiction (1989), Women Of Wonder The Classic Years (1995), and Two Handed Engine (2005).
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 Ambiguously Brown: Maltzer is described as having dark skin, but his race isn't specified further.
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 Artistic License – History: In-Universe. Deirdre's performance is preceded by a staging of Mary of Scotland's execution, featuring clearly anachronistic haircuts and footwear, and a young, curvy actress playing the supposedly 44 year old queen. Likewise, the follow up performance — an In Name Only production of Les Sylphides — is described as featuring "gorgeous pseudo-period costumes." The narration lampshades that "every era tends to translate costume into terms of the current fashions" and that no one seems to be as ignorant of history as a playwright.
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 Audience Surrogate: Harris. He is a Naïve Newcomer in regards to Deidre's treatment, giving her and Maltzer somebody to explain everything to. Being an outsider, he also provides a more neutral perspective on the disagreements between the latter two.
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