Donovan’s Brain (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Curt Siodmak
- First Published: 1943
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—cautionary
- Time of Work: Approximately 1940
- Setting: Arizona and Los Angeles, California
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, 1940’s, California, Los Angeles, West, U.S., Faustian bargains, Arizona, Southwest, Mad scientists, Brain
- Locales: Los Angeles, CA, Arizona
The Plot
Patrick Cory, a middle-aged doctor, is devoting his life to the study of animal brains. The novel consists of a journal of his records. He has a patient, loving wife named Janice whose private fortune enables him to live in seclusion and spend his waking hours in his laboratory.
The crash of a private airplane gives him an opportunity to experiment with a human brain. One of the victims is Warren Horace Donovan, a business tycoon notorious for his ruthless methods. Cory keeps Donovan’s brain alive in a vat, with nutrient-fortified blood pumped through the...
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