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Children of the atom / Wilmar H. Shiras.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shiras, Wilmar H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mutation (Biology)--Fiction.
- Mutation (Biology).
- Gifted children--Fiction.
- Gifted children.
- Children--Intelligence levels.
- Children of atomic bomb victims.
- Nuclear explosions.
- Nuclear explosions--Fiction.
- Children of atomic bomb victims--Fiction.
- Children--Intelligence levels--Fiction.
- Children.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 182 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Book club edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Garden City, N.Y. : N. Doubleday, 1981.
- Summary:
- Imagine a group of incredibly gifted children--all roughly the same age, all hiding amazing abilities from a world they know will never accept them, and all the result of genetic mutation. One man commits himself to the task of gathering these extraordinary children into an experimental new school, both to guide them in the use of their unique abilities and to shield them from the jealous suspicions of the 'normal' population.--From Fantastic Fiction.
- Contents:
- In hiding
- Opening doors
- New foundations
- Problems
- Children of the atom.
- Notes:
- Jacket painting by Tony Fiyalko.
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Adams Collection copy has dustjacket. No gutter code.
- Cited in:
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 292892
- OCLC:
- 7130039
- Publisher Number:
- 05855 Science Fiction Book Club
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