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"Tomorrow's Children" by Poul Anderson and F. N. Waldrop (1947). I'd never heard of this story before, but it is a genuine cracker! According to the editors notes it is Anderson's first published work, so he really hit the ground running! After Nuclear World War, the survivors find their children born mutated in many ways. Will they accept them as the future of mankind, or try to stay 'pure'?
— Apr 08, 2015 01:05PM
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"Ginny Wrapped in the Sun" by R. A. Lafferty (1967). I didn't understand a word of this. Sorry R. A.
— Apr 18, 2015 01:10PM
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"The Man Who Never Forgot" by Robert Silverberg (1957). You might think that the mutation of perfect memory would be pretty good. This story will make you think again... Surprisingly upbeat ending, though.
— Apr 18, 2015 12:40PM
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"Ozymandias" by Terry Carr (1972). Horribly degenerated humans of a distant future plunder the stores of their technological ancestors, without any understanding of what they are doing.
— Apr 17, 2015 10:07PM
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"Hothouse" by Brian W. Aldiss 1960). In the far, far future the Earth has stopped turning. Life has mutated beyond all recognition in order to adapt to these new conditions. A genuine classic of science fantasy.
— Apr 16, 2015 09:26AM
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"Liquid Life" by Ralph Milne Farley (1936). A humorous bit of pulp nonsense about a virus that mutates into a threat to the world. Has a decent early stab at invoking an intelligent 'hive mind'.
— Apr 14, 2015 01:05PM
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"The Conqueror" by Mark Clifton (1952). Gently allegorical tale revolving around the constantly mutating nature of dahlias.
— Apr 13, 2015 01:13PM
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"Let the Ants Try" by Frederik Pohl (1949). Mutation story meets Time Travel story. A time traveller takes mutated ants into the past to unite mankind against a common enemy, with results unexpected by no one except him.
— Apr 12, 2015 07:23AM
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"The Mute Question" by Forrest J. Ackerman (1950). Meh - silly two-pager about a mutant with too many heads talking to a mutant with not enough heads.
— Apr 12, 2015 12:37AM
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"It's a Good Life" by Jerome Bixby (1953). Yes, the story that gave us that classic Twilight Zone episode. Little Anthony is born with almost god-like powers, and the inhabitants of Peaksville have learned to tiptoe around him - both physically and mentally - for fear of what he might do to them. A classic example of 'less is more', as so much of the stories power comes from what is NOT explained.
— Apr 11, 2015 11:03PM
