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100 1 _aBond, Nelson S.,
_d1908-2006
245 1 0 _aLancelot Biggs cooks a pirate
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aLancelot Biggs, 2
490 1 _aProduced from Fantastic Adventures February 1940.
500 _aRelease date is 2024-06-27
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _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.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cChicago, IL: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1940
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aSpace ships -- Fiction
653 _aCooks -- Fiction
653 _aSpace pirates -- Fiction
700 1 _aFuqua, Robert,
_d1905-1959
700 1 _aKrupa, Julian S.,
_d1913-1989
830 0 _aLancelot Biggs, 2
830 0 _aProduced from Fantastic Adventures February 1940.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73924
999 _c114649
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