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⚡️Book Title : Professor Dowell's Head
⚡Book Author : Alexander Belyaev
⚡Page : 157 pages
⚡Published September 4th 1980 by Macmillan Publishing (first published 1925)
Professor Dowell's Head - The entire scientific world mourned the loss of Professor Dowell. It was said that just before his death he was on the verge of a breakthrough in the transplantation of human organs. Marie Laurent felt privileged to work for the professors brilliant associate, Professor Kern. But her feelings turned to shock and revulsion when she entered Kerns laboratory and discoveredsitting on a table, surrounded by tubes and tanks, its eyes blinking and lips movingProfessor Dowells head! Thus begins a classic tale of horror and suspense by Alexander Beliaev, the bestselling Soviet science fiction author of all time, whose work is considered by many readers the equal of Wells and Vernes. Written half a century ago, this prophetic novel foresees not only organ transplants but other disturbing phenomena of our time, such as the use of mental hospitals as prisons and the manipulation of the news media. In the heads that Kern rescues from death, we see a poignant parable of mankinds disembodied life in a high-technology age. The escape of one of the headsafter its transplantation to the body of an opera staris the catalyst for the storys hair-raising climax, as Marie Laurent and Professor Dowells son race against time to bring Kern to justice. Kern is a cunning adversary, armed with formidable weapons, both real and psychological. Pursuing him means hairbreadth escapes and sudden reversalswith the outcome uncertain right up to the last page.
Professor Dowell's Head
The entire scientific world mourned the loss of Professor Dowell. It was said that just before his death he was on the verge of a breakthrough in the transplantation of human organs. Marie Laurent felt privileged to work for the professors brilliant associate, Professor Kern. But her feelings turned to shock and revulsion when she entered Kerns laboratory and discoveredsitting on a table, surrounded by tubes and tanks, its eyes blinking and lips movingProfessor Dowells head! Thus begins a classic tale of horror and suspense by Alexander Beliaev, the bestselling Soviet science fiction author of all time, whose work is considered by many readers the equal of Wells and Vernes. Written half a century ago, this prophetic novel foresees not only organ transplants but other disturbing phenomena of our time, such as the use of mental hospitals as prisons and the manipulation of the news media. In the heads that Kern rescues from death, we see a poignant parable of mankinds disembodied life in a high-technology age. The escape of one of the headsafter its transplantation to the body of an opera staris the catalyst for the storys hair-raising climax, as Marie Laurent and Professor Dowells son race against time to bring Kern to justice. Kern is a cunning adversary, armed with formidable weapons, both real and psychological. Pursuing him means hairbreadth escapes and sudden reversalswith the outcome uncertain right up to the last page.
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