September 2022
The Man Who Came Out of the 3-D Printer (Der Mann, der aus dem 3D-Drucker kam)
by Max Claro
On his seventieth birthday, Walter Fabricius, a once-celebrated actor now widowed and forgotten, is determined to end his life surrounded by his children. While preparing to shuffle off this mortal coil, he learns of an almost unbelievable opportunity: in Zurich he can have himself scanned and then, by means of a special 3D bioprinter, reproduced—thirty-five years younger to boot—in Bangkok. With his present-day knowledge and life experience, yet with countless flaws rectified, equipped with a revivified sex drive, and more resistant to illness and resilient than in his old body, Walter doesn’t hesitate long. Yet during the printing process, a fateful error occurs, upending everything and leading his youthful alter ego on a breathless trip through a future Thailand—and to Walter himself.
