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FATAL EGGS
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| By: |
Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov, Roger Cockrell (Trans) |
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| ISBN 10: |
1847493718 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781847493712 |
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| Publisher: |
ALMA BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
17 July, 2014 |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Description: |
Set in 1928 but written four years earlier, during Stalin's rise to power, The Fatal Eggs is both an early piece of science fiction reminiscent of H.G. Wells and a biting, brilliant satire of the consequences of the abuse of power and knowledge. |
| Synopsis: |
Professor Persikov, an eccentric zoologist, stumbles upon a new light ray that accelerates growth and reproduction rates in living organisms. In the wake of a plague that has decimated the country's poultry stocks, Persikov's discovery is exploited as a means to correct the problem. As foreign agents, the state and the Soviet media all seize upon the red ray, matters get out of hand - |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Alma Classics |
| Returns: |
Returnable |