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When Jack Valone, a hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck science journalist well past his Pulitzer Prize days, gets a phone call from a geneticist promising the "scoop of the century", he's curious but more than a little skeptical. But when he goes to do the interview, he arrives in the middle of perhaps the weirdest crime scene investigation of all time. His subject is missing, the room is covered in his blood, and the perpetrator appears to be... a flying werewolf? Soon Valone is pursuing a shadowy group of geneticists working far, far beyond the bleeding edge of genetics and technology. It's the story of a lifetime... IF he can survive long enough to publish. |
When Jack Valone, a hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck science journalist well past his Pulitzer Prize days, gets a phone call from a geneticist promising the "scoop of the century", he's curious but more than a little skeptical. But when he goes to do the interview, he arrives in the middle of perhaps the weirdest crime scene investigation of all time. His subject is missing, the room is covered in his blood, and the perpetrator appears to be... a flying werewolf? Soon Valone is pursuing a shadowy group of geneticists working far, far beyond the bleeding edge of genetics and technology. It's the story of a lifetime... IF he can survive long enough to publish. |
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A re-envisioning of the underlying concepts --if not the actual plot--of [[H. G. Wells]]' ''[[The Island of Doctor Moreau]]'' in the light of the dawning age of genetic engineering, ''The Moreau Factor'' is the last non-serial novel of noted 20th-century speculative fiction writer [[Jack Chalker]]. The book represents something of return to form for Chalker, with a tighter plot and harder science than some of his lengthier efforts. Well worth the read, if you can find a copy. |
A re-envisioning of the underlying concepts -- if not the actual plot -- of [[H. G. Wells]]' ''[[The Island of Doctor Moreau]]'' in the light of the dawning age of genetic engineering, ''[[The Moreau Factor]]'' is the last non-serial novel of noted 20th-century speculative fiction writer [[Jack Chalker]]. The book represents something of return to form for Chalker, with a tighter plot and harder science than some of his lengthier efforts. Well worth the read, if you can find a copy. |
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* [[Author Appeal]]: Chalker, remember? But it is never gratuitous and never gets in the way of the story. |
* [[Author Appeal]]: Chalker, remember? But it is never gratuitous and never gets in the way of the story. |
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* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: Via [[Slow Transformation]] |
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: Via [[Slow Transformation]] |
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* [[Second Law of Gender Bending]]: More of a case of the second law of transformation: The organization specifically recruits people who would be intrigued by the prospect and uses mind control to enforce the rest. |
* [[Second Law of Gender Bending]]: More of a case of the second law of transformation: The organization specifically recruits people who would be intrigued by the prospect and uses mind control to enforce the rest. |
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* [[Slow Transformation]] |
* [[Slow Transformation]] |
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* [[Transhuman Treachery]] |
* [[Transhuman Treachery]]/[[Pro-Human Transhuman]] |
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* [[The Unfettered]]: Dr. Foo will allow nothing to interfere with her experiments on humans. |
* [[The Unfettered]]: Dr. Foo will allow nothing to interfere with her experiments on humans. |
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[[Category:Science Fiction Literature]] |
[[Category:Science Fiction Literature]] |
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