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Make Mine Homogenized
Make Mine Homogenized by Rick Raphael
- GenresScience Fiction
60 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1969
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May 15, 2019
ENGLISH: Second of the four stories by Rick Raphael I downloaded from project Gutenberg after reading one of his stories ("Code three") included with the sci-fi anthology "The world turned upside down."
This story is over 30 pages long and quite funny. Published in 1960, before Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, it makes the first astronaut an American, propelled by eggnog. The main characters are a cow, a rooster, and a strange family of farmers.
ESPAÑOL: El segundo de los cuatro relatos de Rick Raphael que descargué del proyecto Gutenberg después de leer uno de sus cuentos ("Code three") que fue incluido en la antología de ciencia ficción "The world turned upside down".
Este cuento tiene más de 30 páginas y pertenece a la rama de humor de la ciencia-ficción. Publicado en 1960, antes de que Yuri Gagarin se convirtiera en el primer hombre en el espacio, en este cuento el primer astronauta es estadounidense, en un cohete impulsado por ponche de huevo. Los personajes principales son una vaca, un gallo, y una extraña familia de granjeros.
This story is over 30 pages long and quite funny. Published in 1960, before Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, it makes the first astronaut an American, propelled by eggnog. The main characters are a cow, a rooster, and a strange family of farmers.
ESPAÑOL: El segundo de los cuatro relatos de Rick Raphael que descargué del proyecto Gutenberg después de leer uno de sus cuentos ("Code three") que fue incluido en la antología de ciencia ficción "The world turned upside down".
Este cuento tiene más de 30 páginas y pertenece a la rama de humor de la ciencia-ficción. Publicado en 1960, antes de que Yuri Gagarin se convirtiera en el primer hombre en el espacio, en este cuento el primer astronauta es estadounidense, en un cohete impulsado por ponche de huevo. Los personajes principales son una vaca, un gallo, y una extraña familia de granjeros.
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April 4, 2017Didn't like either of the Librivox narrators
March 13, 2011
interesting & fun "what if" short story. I liked the beginning & middle more than the end - but still worth reading. Cute country characters.
July 5, 2011
Short and sweet story - slice of cold war thinking. Seems so odd - first reaction is to send a new rocket into space - wouldn't happen in today's climate!
February 26, 2020
I listened to Version 2 of a Librivox Audi recording.
Set before man went into Space, the book humorously imagines the results of experiments with radiation in the Nevada and New Mexico desert.
Circle T ranch discovers something strange with the milk from one cow on the same day they find a golden egg laid by one of the hens. After some very unexpected explosions, officials from the nuclear test site race to Circle T ranch. The scientist’s and astrophysicist’s initial incredulity are about to change!
Although the sound quality was as if listening to a radio that was not tuned properly, the story was brilliant. The narrator was a bit hard to understand due to the sound issues and my unfamiliarity with the Mississippi accent. However she lent a feeling of being ‘down on the farm’ to the atmosphere of the story.
Set before man went into Space, the book humorously imagines the results of experiments with radiation in the Nevada and New Mexico desert.
Circle T ranch discovers something strange with the milk from one cow on the same day they find a golden egg laid by one of the hens. After some very unexpected explosions, officials from the nuclear test site race to Circle T ranch. The scientist’s and astrophysicist’s initial incredulity are about to change!
Although the sound quality was as if listening to a radio that was not tuned properly, the story was brilliant. The narrator was a bit hard to understand due to the sound issues and my unfamiliarity with the Mississippi accent. However she lent a feeling of being ‘down on the farm’ to the atmosphere of the story.
November 21, 2019
Make Mine Homogenized was so funny. The premise was very promising and it was very clean so was definitely worth reading. Obviously, you have to suspend disbelief. How else would you enjoy a book about golden eggs, and exploding milk?
Oh, be sure to check out the illustration. I had to go to Gutenberg to do that because I listened to it on Librivox, but it was worth the extra effort.
Oh, be sure to check out the illustration. I had to go to Gutenberg to do that because I listened to it on Librivox, but it was worth the extra effort.
June 25, 2025
Farm animals near a nuclear test site in Nevada start producing milk and eggs with ridiculously impossible properties.
It's as silly as it sounds, and poorly edited; there are missing commas around terms of address, commas between adjectives that don't require them, commas before the main verb, and a number of misspellings, including "yoke" for "yolk".
I found it very mildly amusing.
It's as silly as it sounds, and poorly edited; there are missing commas around terms of address, commas between adjectives that don't require them, commas before the main verb, and a number of misspellings, including "yoke" for "yolk".
I found it very mildly amusing.
October 26, 2017
Humorous and fun. Well narrated by Greg Marguerite (RIP). Recommended for a short, pleasant read.
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