- The Homunculus
Infobox Book
name = The Homunculus
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author =David H. Keller, M.D.
illustrator =
cover_artist = L. Robert Tschirky
country =United States
language = English
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genre =Fantasy novel
publisher =Prime Press
release_date =1949
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 160 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 6136512
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followed_by ="The Homunculus" is a
fantasy novel by authorDavid H. Keller, M.D. . It was first published in 1949 byPrime Press in an edition of 2,112 copies of which 112 were slipcased and signed by the author.Plot introduction
The novel concerns Colonel Horatio Bumble who has retired to his ancestral home with his wife, Helen and their Pekingese, Lady. The Bumbles are childless. Colonel Bumble employs the siblings Pete and Sarah at his home. The Colonel is also attempting to create a baby through parthenogenesis. As a result of his experiments, the Colonel is kidnapped and Sarah rescues him by employing supernatural means.
References
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*cite book | last=Crawford, Jr. | first=Joseph H. |coauthors=James J. Donahue andDonald M. Grant | title="333", A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel | location=Providence, RI| publisher=The Grandon Company | pages=37 | date=1953|oclc= 3924496
*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=251 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1
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