Title: Thoreau's microscope
Description: The politics and terrors of biotech, human engineering, and brain science are highlighted in this selection of short stories with Michael Blumlein's signature mix of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and wicked humor. 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.
Subjects: American Short stories, Interviews, Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, short stories, FICTION / General
People: Michael Blumlein, Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
Time periods: 21st century