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And Never Let Me Go, which was also made into a movie I believe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Let_Me_Go_(novel)

The movie adaptation was pretty good! Great cast, and the screenplay was written by Alex Garland (Ex Machina, 28 Days Later, Civil War, etc).

Which was a rip-off of: https://robincook.com/product/chromosome-6

If there's merit, it should be added to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_(2005_film)#Copyrig....

By early 2000's this idea isn't that novel honestly. When it comes to movies what is truly novel anyways?

Gotta say, when I saw “The Island” I thought “This reminds me a heck of a lot of Spares.” Only, you know, much less interesting and hard-hitting.

Good idea. I'm certainly not the first to draw the comparison.

Published in 1997? The idea had been around for several decades in literature at that point.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parts:_The_Clonus_Horror

Fun fact: I had a substitute teacher in school who spent the whole period arguing with the class about how it was inevitable whole people would be cloned for organ transplants.

Ever since I found out about Never Let Me Go, I've been wondering where he got the idea.

Not surprising. I just happened to have read the Robin Cook one.

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