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The Man Who Evolved

Language English
Published 1931
Word count 6,844
Excerpt

ng as though still dazed by the impact of the experience, but he was not the Pollard who had entered the chamber! He was transfigured, godlike! His body had literally expanded into a great figure of such physical power and beauty as we had not imagined could exist! He was many inches taller and broader, his skin a clear pink, every limb and muscle molded as though by some master sculptor.

The greatest change, though, was in his face. Pollard's homely, good-humored features were gone, replaced by a face whose perfectly-cut features held the stamp of immense intellectual power that shone almost overpoweringly from the dear dark eyes. It was not Pollard who stood before us, I told myself, but a being as far above us as the most advanced man of today is above the troglodyte!

He was stepping out of the cube and his voice reached our ears, clear and bell-like, triumphant.

"You see? It worked as I knew it would work! I'm fifty million years ahead of the rest of humanity in evolutionary developme

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2008.03.30
JMGray

I had just finished Hamilton's City at Worlds End, which I enjoyed, and gave this a try. I was disappointed in the basic premise and had hoped for more. It is a short read, however, and if you are a fan of these early short-story sci-fi works you may want to give it a quick read.

2007.12.06
Cheryl

This short story will appeal to fans of old 1950's scifi movies, as well as fans of the old Outer Limits series. In fact, it reminded me of an episode from that series called "The Sixth Finger", which also dealt with an experiment in evolution. Look past the bad science, and view it as a horror story.