Vital Ingredient by Charles De Vet « Biology in Science Fiction: Free Fiction

Improving an alien’s anatomy can have unintended consequences.

Title: Vital Ingredient

Author: Charles De Vet

Length: short story

First Publication: If, 1952

What the Story is About: “It is man’s most precious possession—no living thing can exist without it. But when they gave it to Orville, it killed him.” Improving an alien’s anatomy can have unintended consequences.

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Categories: Aliens & Monsters • Anatomy & Physiology • De Vet - Charles • Evolution • Short Fiction

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