The Story of a Nobody, EPUB eBook

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Set in 1928 but written four years earlier, during Stalin's rise to power, The Fatal Eggs is both an early piece of science fiction reminiscent of H.G.

Wells and a biting, brilliant satire of the consequences of the abuse of power and knowledge.

Professor Persikov, an eccentric zoologist, stumbles upon a new light ray that accelerates growth and reproduction rates in living organisms.

In the wake of a plague that has decimated the country's poultry stocks, Persikov's discovery is exploited as a means to correct the problem.

As foreign agents, the state and the Soviet media all seize upon the red ray, matters get out of hand -

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