Mirabile (novel)
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Mirabile is a 1991 science fiction novel by American writer Janet Kagan. It is a fix-up of her short stories set on the planet Mirabile, which were originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction beginning in 1989; the compilation was published by Tor Books.[1]
When humanity sent generation ships to colonize the planet Mirabile, the cargo included seed banks and cryopreserved embryos of every Earth species the colonists might need, genetically engineered to produce more Earth species on cue. However, many of the instructions were lost en route, and decades after arrival, the genetically-engineered fauna and flora are still causing problems — both by themselves, and in conflicts with native Mirabilan biota.
Contents
- "The Loch Moose Monster" (originally published 1989)
- "The Return of the Kangaroo Rex" (1989)
- "The Flowering Inferno" (1990)
- "Getting the Bugs Out" (1990)
- "Raising Cane" (1991)
- "Frankenswine" (1991)
