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_aWeiss, George Henry, _d1898-1946 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2007 |
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| 490 | 1 | _aProduced from "Astounding Stories", January, 1932. | |
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2007-12-12 | ||
| 508 | _aProduced by Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net | ||
| 520 | _a"The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds" by Francis Flagg is a science fiction story written in the early 20th century. The narrative unfolds when a mining engineer, Talbot, discovers a peculiar bird emerging from an abandoned mine shaft. This incident leads to a bizarre series of events whereby strange globes begin to rain down on the town of Oracle, Arizona, bringing with them an uncontrollable jungle growth and inciting chaos. The story investigates themes of scientific exploration and the consequences of tampering with the fundamental aspects of the natural world. The plot follows Talbot and his Mexican assistant, Manuel, as they grapple with the emergence of these strange birds and mysterious globes that wreak havoc on their town and beyond. The narrative deepens when they learn that these creatures are connected to a scientist named Professor Reubens, who has been experimenting with a super-microscope that inadvertently opened a gateway to a sub-atomic world inhabited by intelligent birds. These creatures enact revenge on humanity, deploying sophisticated warfare through seed globes that grow rapidly into dense jungles. In a race against time, Talbot must venture into the depths of the mine to destroy the source of the invasion, culminating in a climactic struggle to save the world from annihilation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
| 534 | _nOriginal publication data not identified | ||
| 653 | _aScience fiction | ||
| 830 | 0 | _aProduced from "Astounding Stories", January, 1932. | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23831 |
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