Frek and the Elixir

TitleFrek and the Elixir
Year for Search2004
AuthorsRucker, Rudy [Rudolf von Bitter](b. 1946)
Date Published2004
PublisherTor
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

A humorous flawed utopia set in 3003. An apparent eutopia based on biotechnology is an authoritarian dystopia using memory control. All Earth's plant and animal species have disappeared or been modified out of recognition and replaced with species that could be sold at a profit, and part of the novel is concerned with the attempt to restore them.

Additional Publishers

Part originally published as "Frek in the Grulloo Woods." Living without a Net. Ed. Lou Anders (New York: Roc, 2003), 213-28.

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Author Note

(b. 1946)

Full Text

2004 Rucker, Rudy [Rudolf von Bitter] (b. 1946). Frek and the Elixir. New York: Tor. Part originally published as “Frek in the Grulloo Woods.” Living without a Net. Ed. Lou Anders (New York: Roc, 2003), 213-28. PSt

A humorous flawed utopia set in 3003. An apparent eutopia based on biotechnology is an authoritarian dystopia using memory control. All Earth’s plant and animal species have disappeared or been modified out of recognition and replaced with species that could be sold at a profit, and part of the novel is concerned with the attempt to restore them.