The Brains of Rats by Michael Blumlein (First Edition) Signed

Michael Blumlein

ISBN 10: 0910489289 / ISBN 13: 9780910489287

Published by Scream/Press, 1990

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Teh Brains of Rats by Michael Blumlein (First Edition) Signed A tight square copy with sharp corners. A few tiny spots of faint toning to top edge otherwise fine. Signed by teh Author and by teh author of teh Introduction on teh title page. Publisher's "Advance Praise" sheet laid in. Stated First Edition. 12 stories.

Seller Inventory # HCX6348-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Brains of Rats by Michael Blumlein (First Edition) Signed
• Publisher: Scream/Press
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0910489289
• ISBN 13: 9780910489287
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Michael McDowell(Introduction) T. M. Caldwell(Illustrator)
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: BOOK
• Seller catalogs:
  • Horror

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Synopsis

In these twelve stories we enter the darkest corridors of America s hospitals. Meet a scientist who discovers how to predetermine and alter the sex of a pregnant woman s fetus, and proceeds to contemplate his own gender...and a surgeon whose primary practice is removing organs and limbs from unwilling patients to redistribute them to unfortunate victims in impoverished countries. Filled with dark surprises, these splendid tales invite us to glimpse the world of high-tech medicine from a disturbing new angle.

Reviews

The dozen stories in Blumlein's first collection signal the appearance of a major talent on the horror scene. Subtle and chilling in their spare suggestiveness, many of the short tales revolve around medical and surgical matters, but are not grossly gory. In "Tissue Ablation and Variant Regeneration: A Case Report," an extensive surgical procedure becomes a metaphor for Reaganomics at its cruelest. In a similar vein, "Bestseller" concerns a failed writer who is forced to sell off parts of his body to support his family. The title story, a 1987 World Fantasy Award nominee, examines the distress of a mad scientist torn by the contradictions of his own sexuality and by the amorphous nature of male and female sexual roles in general, for which he proposes a drastic solution.
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An ambitious writer discovers a truly saleable commodity in "Bestseller," a new story which, together with 11 other titles previously published in periodicals, illustrates the highly visceral talent of the author of The Movement of Mountains (LJ 8/87). Though explicit descriptions of graphic sex and violence may limit the audience for these stories, this collection is recommended for libraries with a sophisticated readership.
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