Other editions of book Star Begotten: A Biological Fantasia

The story centers on Joseph Davis, a popular writer of romanticized histories, who comes to believe that some people differ fundamentally from most of us. They are more rational, possibly more talented and intelligent. His wife has increasingly become a stranger, the imminent birth of his first child has left him in a panicked state, and his rosy-tinted histories have lately begun to strike him as so much bosh. And then he overhears a conversation at his Planetarium Club, in which several of the learned members discuss the possibility of mankind's increasing intelligence being the result of the cosmic rays that are constantly bombarding us. That is what Davis and two of his cronies, obstetrician Holdman Stedding and philosophy professor Ernest Keppel, endeavor to riddle out, in this thoroughly engaging and passionate piece of work.

This is the story of an idea and how it played about in the minds of a number of intelligentpeople.Whether there was any reality behind this idea it is not the business of the storyteller tosay. The reader must judge for himself. One man believed it without the shadow of a doubtand he shall be the principal figure in the story.Maybe we have not heard the last of this idea. It spread from the talk of a few people intomagazines and the popular press. It had a vogue. You certainly heard of it at the timethough perhaps you have forgotten. Popular attention waned. Now the thing flickers aboutin people's minds, not quite dead and not quite alive, disconnected and ineffective. It is aqueer and almost incredible idea, but yet not absolutely incredible. It is a bare possibilitythat this thing is really going on.

Star Begotten is a 1937 novel by H. G. Wells. It tells the story of a series of men who conjecture upon the possibility of the human race being altered, by genetic modification, by Martians to replace their own dying planet.[1]The first (British) edition of this novel gives the title as two words: Star Begotten. The title is hyphenated in the first U.S. edition: Star-Begotten.

Star Begotten is a 1937 novel by H. G. Wells. It tells the story of a series of men who conjecture upon the possibility of the human race being altered by Martians to replace their own dying planet. The protagonist of the story Joseph Davis, who is an author of popular histories, becomes overtaken with suspicion that he and his family have already been exposed and are starting to change.

A sequel to "The War of the Worlds", "Star Begotten" concerns another suspected attack by the Martians, this time using cosmic rays to change human DNA. Joseph Davis is a writer of popular books who becomes obsessed with the rumours of invasion, so much so that he fears his wife, child, and even him might have already been affected by the cosmic rays. Contents include: "The Mind of Mr. Joseph Davis Is Greatly Troubled", "Mr. Joseph Davis Learns about Cosmic Rays", "Mr. Joseph Davis Wrestles with an Incredible Idea", "Dr. Holdman Stedding Is Infected with the Idea", "Professor Ernest Keppel Takes Up the Idea in His Own Peculiar Fashion", et cetera. Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. Today, he is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as "The Time Machine" (1895), "The Invisible Man" (1897), and "The War of the Worlds" (1898). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author. First published in 1937.