Fairyland av Paul McAuley
In the next century, an underground chemist meets and becomes obsessed with Milena, a child genius who is the ultimate product of gene-splicing technology. Milena is an advocate of the dolls--artificial constructs that have replaced extinct companion animals. Milena wishes to free the dolls from bondage--but in doing so, she creates an autonomous race that may be a threat to mankind.
Läskan heter Pisant:
He gets a quick shot of reassurance from a couple of tabs of Cool-Z, which he washes down with that day's carton of Pisant, this orange cinnamon drink he discovered in a vending arcade on the Tot-tenham Court Road. Pisant lasted about a week in the frenzied sharkpool of niche marketing, probably because of the name, but Alex tracked down the supplier before it disappeared, and the last of the world's supply of Pisant is stacked in one of his three industrial fridges.
Det finns en beskrivning av blåskinndocka:
It is a blue-skinned doll, heavily modified by selective somatic mutation or surgery. Probably both, Alex thinks. It's naked - and female, although its dugs are little more than enlarged nipples. The wide powerful jaws are like something found on an old tree bole blasted by lightning and infected with fungus and rot, layers of knotted cankerous growth. The doll has a crest of muscle on the top of its skull to work these big jaws, a nose so flattened that the nostrils are slits, little black eyes close set under a craggy brow.