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02436aam a2200373 a 4500 001 6D8FE2367CB711EB8C51190E5AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210304010025 008 060104r20061937ctu b 000 1 eng 010 $a 2006042212 020 $a 9780819567307 020 $a 0819567302 020 $a 9780819567291 020 $a 0819567299 035 $a (OCoLC)62878755 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d BAKER $d C#P $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCG $d DEBBG $d AU@ $d OCLCQ $d BDX $d OCLCF $d P4I $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d IPU $d WSB $d OCLCO $d OCL $d DHA $d TAW $d OCLCQ $d L2U $d OCLCQ $d UKMGB $d NJR $d AZU $d LMJ $d OCLCO $d OCL $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d SILO 050 00 $a PR5774 S73 2006 100 1 $a Wells, H. G. $q (Herbert George), $d 1866-1946. 245 10 $a Star begotten : $b a biological fantasia / $c by H.G. Wells ; edited by John Huntington. 260 $a Middletown, Conn. : $b Wesleyan University Press, $c ©2006. 300 $a 156 pages ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a The Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series 500 $a Previously published: London : Chatto and Windus, 1937. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a 1. The mind of Mr. Joseph Davis is greatly troubled -- 2. Mr. Joseph Davis learns about cosmic rays -- 3. Mr. Joseph Davis wrestles with an incredible idea -- 4. Dr. Holdman Stedding is infected with the idea -- 5. Professor Ernest Keppel takes up the idea in his own peculiar fashion -- 6. Opening phases of the great eugenic research -- 7. The world begins to hear about the Martians -- 8. How these star begotten people may presently get together -- 9. Professor Keppel in inspired to foretell the end of humanity -- 10. Mr. Joseph Davis tears up a manuscript. 520 1 $a "Star Begotten portrays discoveries in evolutionary biology and contemplates the benefits as well as the horrors of mutation. This new annotated edition situates the novel in its literary and historical contexts, explains its place in Wells's late development, and highlights its importance as a precursor to the dark comedies of delusion by writers like Robert Sheckley and Philip K. Dick."--Jacket. 650 0 $a Martians $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Human-alien encounters $v Fiction. 700 1 $a Huntington, John, $d 1940- 830 0 $a Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210505011625.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6D8FE2367CB711EB8C51190E5AECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search