02732cam a22004213u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000320011324500340014526400510017930000470023033600260027733700260030333800360032949000220036549000540038750000310044150800960047252013500056853400760191865300200199465300180201465300270203265300210205965300290208070000300210970000330213983000220217283000540219485600430224899900190229173924UtSlPG20260610134718.0mcr n260607r20241940utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aBond, Nelson S.,d1908-200610aLancelot Biggs cooks a pirate 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2024  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aLancelot Biggs, 21 aProduced from Fantastic Adventures February 1940.  aRelease date is 2024-06-27  aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"Lancelot Biggs cooks a pirate" by Nelson S. Bond is a science fiction short story published in the early 20th century, specifically in the 1940s. This whimsical tale revolves around the theme of cooking in outer space, presenting a unique blend of adventure and humor as the protagonist, Lancelot Biggs, discovers he has a knack for culinary science under duress. The story mixes elements of space travel, pirate lore, and an unusual focus on chemistry as it relates to cooking.  In the narrative, the crew of the spacecraft "Saturn" finds itself in a dire predicament when their cook, affectionately known as Slops, is fired due to his exclusive tapioca diet. Unable to find a replacement in port, the first mate, Lancelot Biggs, is reluctantly appointed as the new cook. When they receive word of the notorious pirate Runt Hake on their trajectory, Biggs devises a clever plan to use a rare hormone, prolactin, in their meals to alter the pirates' personalities during a sumptuous dinner. The approach causes Hake and his crew to become overly affectionate, allowing the crew of the "Saturn" to outsmart them and save themselves. With humor, cleverness, and a touch of science, Bond crafts an entertaining exploration of the unexpected prowess of an unlikely protagonist in extreme circumstances. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cChicago, IL: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1940  aScience fiction  aShort stories  aSpace ships -- Fiction  aCooks -- Fiction  aSpace pirates -- Fiction1 aFuqua, Robert,d1905-19591 aKrupa, Julian S.,d1913-1989 0aLancelot Biggs, 2 0aProduced from Fantastic Adventures February 1940.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73924  c114649d114649