Sci-fi author Greg Egan has a disturbing short-story on similar themes, 'The Caress', part of the collection Axiomatic. (The full collection is just $2.99 via t

Sci-fi author Greg Egan has a disturbing short-story on similar themes, 'The Caress', part of the collection Axiomatic. (The full collection is just $2.99 via the author's self-published ebooks: http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/BIBLIOGRAPHY/Ebooks.html#Axiomatic http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/BIBLIOGRAPHY/Ebooks...) It could make a great Blade Runner-like movie, and then that movie would be a perfect double-feature with Tim's Vermeer. And in digging up links about 'The Caress', I came across a cool word, ekphrasis, that also applies to Tim's Vermeer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekphrasis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekphrasis