Caught in the Organ Draft: Biology in Science Fiction

Asimov gives an intro here to an area of interest to him, and after the stories he takes a look at the particular biological area each story is focused on. Definitely a good collection with a 3.36 average for stories. Caught in the Organ Draft : Keep Out - Fredric Brown Caught in the Organ Draft : Student Body - Floyd L. Wallace Caught in the Organ Draft : A Sound of Thunder - Ray Bradbury Caught in the Organ Draft : Invariant - John R. Pierce Caught in the Organ Draft : The Exterminator - A. Hyatt Verrill Caught in the Organ Draft : Tomorrow's Children - Poul Anderson Caught in the Organ Draft : Mary and Joe - Naomi Mitchison Caught in the Organ Draft : Sea Change - Thomas N. Scortia Caught in the Organ Draft : Caught in the Organ Draft - Robert Silverberg Caught in the Organ Draft : Nine Lives - Ursula K. Le Guin Caught in the Organ Draft : Alien Earth - Edmond Hamilton Caught in the Organ Draft : Grandpa - James H. Schmitz Super adaptability drug Martians don't want visitors not like them. 3.5 out of 5 Things change really fast around here. 4 out of 5 Stay in the lines, you dino hunting dumbarse. 4 out of 5 Solid specimen. 3 out of 5 Bug death. 3.5 out of 5 Post-apocalytpic mutation multiplicity. 4.5 out of 5 Clone mum foresight. 3 out of 5 Different sort of explorer. 2.5 out of 5 Cannibalising the young. 4.5 out of 5 Clonepacks come in tens. 4 out of 5 On vegie time. 3 out of 5 Big ol' beast ride. 4 out of 5

This was one of my first Sci-Fi books (the other being "Hallucination orbit"...!), then it brings me fond memories. It contains a lot of stories that make you think about discoveries in the bio-field. Notably is the tale that gives name to the anthology: In the future the youngs are viewed as spare parts by the old-timers (who control the laws). A Generation Gap taken to the max... Another one confronts human settlers with a species that evolves acceleratedly to cope with a unestable environment. Will humans be prepared for the next evolution step... It contains "A sound of thunder" (made recently in a movie). Got some outdated (for now standards) radiation victims story. But being all short stories, you will end swiftly those you don't like, to bite in the ones that are worth