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The Brains of Rats
| Author: | Michael Blumlein |
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Valancourt Books, 2015 Dell Publishing, 1997 Scream/Press, 1990 |
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| Book Type: | Collection |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction / Fantasy / Horror |
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Synopsis
In the World Fantasy Award-nominated title story, a geneticist conflicted over his own sexuality, and the nature of male and female gender roles in general, proposes a drastic solution. The politically charged "Tissue Ablation and Variant Regeneration: A Case Report" describes in chilling detail a surgeon's evisceration of President Ronald Reagan. In "Bestseller," a struggling novelist unable to sell his books must sell something else unthinkably horrific in order to provide for his family. In these and the nine other startlingly original stories in this collection, Blumlein blurs the boundaries between horror, science fiction and fantasy, creating a strange and nightmarish world not unlike our own, where nothing is what it seems.
Contents:
- Introduction (The Brains of Rats) - (1990) - essay by Michael McDowell
- The Brains of Rats - (1986) - short story
- Tissue Ablation and Variant Regeneration: A Case Report - (1984) - short story
- The Domino Master - (1988) - short story
- Drown Yourself - (1988) - short story
- Interview with C. W. - (1988) - short story
- Shed His Grace - (1989) - short story
- Keeping House - (1990) - short story
- The Glitter and the Glamour - (1990) - short story
- The Promise of Warmth - (1988) - short story
- The Wet Suit - non-genre - (1990) - novelette
- The Thing Itself - (1988) - short story
- Bestseller - (1990) - novelette
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