Doctor Ramani's Children and Other Stories

Description:

A collection of 5 contemporary tales of science fiction and fantasy by Indiana author G. S. Hargrave: Doctor Ramani’s Children: A modern-day genius on a mission to permanently alter what it means to be human–whether anyone else likes it or not; BD-428: A soldier of the near future, whose survival depends on an ambulating piece of equipment that may have just become sentient; The Jade Cicada: An entomologist follows the lowly object of his studies across an unseen boundary, and finds himself in decidedly unfamiliar territory; On Some Bright Stream: A nuclear physicist discovers that the price of understanding can sometimes be a quantum of pure, unadulterated horror; Bibliophiles: In which one of the strangest aspiring writers you’re ever likely to meet crosses paths with a mysterious old book, and a sinister character that is even stranger.

subjects: fantasy,  science fiction,  nanotechnology,  bionics,  genetic engineering,  telepathic cats,  tulpas,  kami,  robotics,  entomology,  large hadron collider,  bibliophiles

Places: Central Illinois,  Chicago,  southern Indiana,  Fort Hood,  Geneva,  London,  Osaka,  rural Japan,  India,  Pandora's Books

Times: The early 21st Century; present day and the near future.