Thoreau'S Microscope eBook

The politics and terrors of biotech, human engineering, and brain science are given startling fictional form in a selection of short stories with Michael Blumlein''s signature mix of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and wicked humour. The title piece, ''Thoreau''s Microscope,'' is a stunning mix of hypothesis and history, in which the author inhabits Thoreau''s last days to explore the politics of impersonal science and personal liberation - a journey as illuminating as it is disturbing. On a lighter note, ''Fidelity'' coolly deconstructs adultery with the help of an exuberant tumour, a guinea pig, and a swimsuit. ''Y(ou)r Q(ua)ntifi(e)d S(el)f'' will reset your Fitbit and your personal goals as well. ''Paul and Me'' is a legendary love story writ extra-large; and in ''Know How, Can Do'' a female Frankenstein brings romance to life in the cold light of the lab.