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My Own Personal Cheeses

The Transitive Properties of Cheese

By Ann LeBlanc  

12 Jun, 2025

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Ann LeBlanc’s 2024 The Transitive Properties of Cheese is a stand-alone science fiction novella.

For almost twenty years, recluse Millions Wayland has focused on her beloved artisanal cheeses. This happy isolation is shattered by unhappy news: thanks to Wayland’s primary investor Miller, the asteroid Wayland uses to age her precious cheese has been diverted into the Sun.

Wayland is reluctant to confront Miller in person. Happily, Wayland does not have to, as Wayland is a mind running on a computer in a sophisticated robot body. Wayland duplicates her mind and emails the second Wayland to Lenaius Co-Op Station and Trans-Orbital Hub. The duplicate is to confront Miller and demand the asteroid’s orbit be restored. Having done all she could, Wayland returns to making cheese.

As for the second Wayland…

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