Rasstag wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> You know what they say.... "memory" is the second thing to go....
>
> ... I just don't recall what the first one was... sigh
>
>
> And so it is trying to recall the title of a science fiction book I
> read years ago... and I'm hoping someone may recall the title for me.
>
> The plot line consists of describing how a sentient parasitic being
> drifted through space until he landed on earth while in his small
> 'seed' form. He waited dormant for a potential host,... was eaten by
> a cow while it was grazing, recognized that this 'host', although warm
> blooded, was not sufficient to be a true host. He remained dormant
> within the cow until the animal was slaughtered and ended up in a
> package of hamburger meat, which was ultimately made into hamburgers
> and eaten by a human. The rest of the story deals with the parasitic
> being 'adventures' within this human and trying to communicate with
> him.
>
> Does this ring a bell with any of you readers of science fiction??
From the Internet Speculative Fiction Data Base http://isfdb.org:
Title: The Cosmic Rape
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Year: 1958
Type: NOVEL
Note: Expansion of "To Marry Medusa" (Galaxy Aug. 1958)
Variant Titles:
* To Marry Medusa (1987) - Theodore Sturgeon
Publications:
* The Cosmic Rape, (Aug 1958 , Theodore Sturgeon, Dell, #B120,
$0.35, 160pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
* The Cosmic Rape, (Dec 1968 , Theodore Sturgeon, Dell, #1512,
$0.60, 160pp, pb) Cover: Lehr - [VERIFIED]
* The Cosmic Rape, (1977 , Theodore Sturgeon, Gregg Press,
0-8398-2362-2, $9.50, xxiv+231pp, hc)
* The Cosmic Rape, (Nov 1977 , Theodore Sturgeon, Pocket,
0-671-81414-1, $1.50, 160pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
* To Marry Medusa, (Dec 1987 , Theodore Sturgeon, Baen,
0-671-65370-9, $2.95, 251pp, pb, omni) Cover: Armand Cabrera -
[VERIFIED]
* The Dreaming Jewels/The Cosmic Rape/Venus Plus X, (Jul 1990 ,
Theodore Sturgeon, BOMC, #80-2874, $15.95, 217+160+160pp, hc, omni)
Cover: Theo Rud**** - [VERIFIED]
Note: If I recall correctly, the animal was a horse rather than a cow.
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