Embryos in Space

By Melissa Yuan-Innes
Published by Olo Books
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Published: June 16, 2011
Words: 10,123 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780987686503

Short description

Award-winning author and physician, Melissa Yuan-Innes, explores the strange new worlds of embryo transplantation ("Red"), human-ape genetic engineering ("Growing Up Sam"), and exile (two Shaolin monks banished to outer space in "Iron Monk") in an exclusive collection of her science fiction stories.

Extended description

Award-winning author and physician, Melissa Yuan-Innes, explores the strange new worlds of embryo transplantation ("Red"), human-ape genetic engineering ("Growing Up Sam"), and exile (two Shaolin monks banished to outer space in "Iron Monk") in an exclusive collection of her science fiction stories.

Honorable Mention, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection ("Growing Up Sam")

"...an effective piece of traditional SF re-energized by flashes of Chinese culture. Recommended...."
---Suite 101.com, "Iron Monk"

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