The Fatal Eggs (Hesperus Modern Voices)
xxii, 112pp. Self-folding card covers. With a foreword by Doris Lessing, translated from the original Russian by Hugh Alpin, who also provides an introduction and note on the text. An inspired work of science fiction and a biting political allegory, The Fatal Eggs tells of a brilliant scientist who experiments with life spiral terribly and fatefully out of control. First published in the original Russian in 1925 under the title The Red Ray.
