| "Sandkings" | |
| by George R.R. Martin | |
| pub. August 1979, in Omni | |
| Nebula for Best Novelette, 1979 |
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| Simon Kress, a connoisseur of alien pets, buys sandkings, then against the advice of the seller trains them to war with one another. |
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Kress. What kind of a man is he? |
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Kress with Kidder from "Microcosmic God" by Theodore Sturgeon. |
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Kress to Victor Frankenstein. How are they alike? How are they different?
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the motives of these three scientists? Are some of these motives more justifiable
than others? Which ones and why? |
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Guide © 2002 Agatha Taormina Last Revised: October 17, 2005 |