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Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Mike Resnick

Butterballs are engineered to be the perfect food animal. . .


 
 

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Title: Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Author: Mike Resnick

Length: short story

First Publication: Asimov’s Science Fiction 2002

Awards: Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2002

What the Story is About: Butterballs have been engineered to be almost perfectly edible. There are unforseen side effects of that engineering, however, that drove scientists MacDonald to depression.

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Categories: 2000-2009 • Agriculture & Livestock • Asimov's • Genetic Engineering • Intelligence • Resnick - Mike • Short Fiction

 
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