Our Baby's a Nicole Kidman

In the generation of our children's children, the genetic technology of cloning will become less feared after the techniques are perfected during successful attempts to re-populate a number of endangered species.

California will be the first state to allow human cloning, Los Angeles the center of the industry. The most desirable human genetic stock will come priced at a premium, with celebrities, athletes, certain scientists and even lawyers putting their genetic material up for sale, sometimes for as much as 6 or 7 figures.

After a number of attempts to pirate high-value DNA by "the generazzi"--stalkers trying get close enough to cut a few hairs or lop of a piece of skin--celebrity targets take to protecting themselves by appearing in public only while wearing spacesuits.

In the future, no one need be born ugly, though the definition of 'ugly' tends to drift.