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The Biological Revolt
Genre Science Fiction
Type Novelette
Series -
Rewritten without Philip José Farmer’s permission, title also has been changed from the original "The Bite of the Asp".
Proof of, as is called, the "butchering" of the original story by the editor Hugo Gernsback, has been given by Randall Garrett in his essay "The Bite of the Asp".
The rewrite is reason why Farmer never gave his permission to reprint the story.
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Science-Fiction Plus: "The world now enters a new cycle, that of the antibiotica and wonder medicines. Good as these scientific remedies are, scientists already warn us that the human body is beginning to manfacture new bacteria, new microbes, which, in turn, create unknown virulent diseases. Man now eats more chemicals than ever before. Our daily bread is loaded with chemicals; the fowl, beef, and particularly pork we eat are all loaded with antibiotics. In his eagerness to make money, man stops at nothing. When will the human body revolt and break out in new, loathesome diseases? This is a serious problem for today's health scientists. The problem is world wide."
 
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FIRST PUBLICATION
in Science-Fiction Plus
Hugo Gernsback
New York, NY: Gernsback Publications
Volume 1, Number 1
magazine (28,5×21,5cm)
March 1953
68
$ 0.35
Alex Schomburg
The story is illustrated by Frank R. Paul.


Alex Schomburg


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