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SOLVED: Adult Fiction > SOLVED. SciFi [Anthology]--gators become dragons and miniature planet. [s]

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message 1: by Amy (last edited Jun 14, 2015 10:30PM) (new)

Amy (amyinmn) | 70 comments I'm looking for an anthology I once read (1970's), or else at least these specific stories that were in it. The first that I remember was about a scientist who discovered that all alligators (or crocs?) had a hole in their hearts; if it was repaired they kept growing indefinitely and became dragons. The second is one in which a scientist starts evolution on a miniature model planet in a tank and it accelerates--the tiny people who eventually grow become more advanced than us and build a force field that prevents the scientist from seeing what they are doing.
I don't know if the book was marketed for adults or teens--can't remember which section of the library it came from, but there was no YA section back then anyway!


message 2: by David (new)

David Brown (r2drivenimpala) | 69 comments The title of the dragon story is The Day of the Dragon according to this discussion: Google Answers It can be found in Alfred Hitchcock's Monster Museum: Twelve Shuddery Stories for Daring Young Readers and a few other anthologies listed on the GA page.


message 3: by Amy (new)

Amy (amyinmn) | 70 comments Thanks, David; I will look it up.


message 4: by Andy (new)

Andy | 2124 comments The second story is Theodore Sturgeon's Microcosmic God, I think
Here's a list of where it's been collected http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cg... (description here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microco...)


message 5: by Amy (new)

Amy (amyinmn) | 70 comments Thanks, Andy--maybe between the two of you I'll find my book!


message 6: by Lobstergirl, au gratin (new)

Lobstergirl | 44924 comments Mod
Amy, are you still looking for this or did you find it?


message 7: by Amy (last edited Mar 25, 2018 05:34PM) (new)

Amy (amyinmn) | 70 comments Found both the stories--I'm guessing they weren't actually both in one anthology :)
eta: can't remember how to move to solved.


message 8: by Lobstergirl, au gratin (new)

Lobstergirl | 44924 comments Mod
Do you remember the titles and authors?


message 9: by Amy (new)

Amy (amyinmn) | 70 comments The title of the dragon story is The Day of the Dragon by Guy Endore, the second story is Theodore Sturgeon's Microcosmic God.


message 10: by Andy (new)

Andy | 2124 comments Glad you found it. You can move to Solved by clicking on the (very small) edit button right next to the title of the thread.


message 11: by Amy (new)

Amy (amyinmn) | 70 comments Thanks. Will do.


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