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The Green Leopard Plague by Walter Jon Williams
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In the far future an engineered virus that allows people to photosynthesize food prevents food shortages. |
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Title: The Green Leopard Plague
Author: Walter Jon Williams
Length: novella
First Publication: Asimov’s Science Fiction, 2003
Awards: Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2004, Nebula for Best Novella 2004.
What the Story is About: In the far future an engineered virus that allows people to photosynthesize food prevents food shortages. The story’s perspective alternates between a far-future mermaid who is searching old archives and the man she is researching, John Terzian, who helped develop the photosynthetic virus.
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Categories: 2000-2009 • Asimov's • Genetic Engineering • Merpeople • Microbes & Viruses • Nebula • Short Fiction • Williams - Walter Jon
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