Adam

by Robert I. Katz

Adam is the story of a scientist named Fischer, who uses a tailored retrovirus to implant the Fox P2 gene (sometimes called the "language gene") into a cage full of rats and a mouse named Adam. Fischer is a good, careful scientist, but Fischer forgets that the law of unintended consequences can make fools of us all.

13 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 28, 2018

About the author

Robert I. Katz attended Columbia College and Northwestern University Medical School, and is on the faculty of the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His first novel, Edward Maret was published by Willowgate in 2001 and won the ASA Literary Prize that year.

Reviews

[OldBird · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of those short stories that doesn't tell you everything. The end left me bemused, seemingly abrupt... Until you put the pieces together (in my defence, I read it late at night!) Once you do, you realise it's one of those clever stories, not designed just to entertain, but to make you wonder as a shiver goes down your spine. Great writing, and very unusual.

-I received a free copy of this e-book in a giveaway. This does not influence my review-