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Gladiator

Philip Wylie · 1930 · Novel

Setting: contemporary (1920s-1930s)

Synopsis

Scientist Abednego Danner discovers a serum which grants superpowers. He injects his pregnant wife with the serum and his son is born with powers like those of Superman (created a few years later). What follows is the story of Hugo's search for his place in the world.

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Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: FictionHuman experimentation in medicineMuscle strengthLonelinessAlienation (Social psychology)Fathers and sonsFiction, science fiction, generalIndividualismAmerican Science fictionScience fiction

isfdb_id: 3621

openlibrary_id: OL31043W

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