G.O.G. 666
 Dust-jacket from the first edition | |
| Author | John Taine |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | John T. Brooks |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Fantasy Press |
Publication date | 1954 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 256 pp |
| OCLC | 1625086 |
G.O.G. 666 is a science fiction novel by author John Taine (pseudonym of Eric Temple Bell). It was first published in 1954 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 1,815 copies.
Plot introduction
[edit]The novel concerns Russian genetics experiments resulting in a being that is half ape, half brain.
Reception
[edit]Anthony Boucher received the novel unfavorably, describing it as "slow and muddled" and saying that "Neither story nor science can stand comparison with Taine's best work."[1] P. Schuyler Miller reported that "it's not the best Taine."[2] New Worlds reviewer Leslie Flood dismissed the novel as "science-fiction of the most boring and tasteless sort", saying "this literary lapse of a once-great fantasy author should have suffered the oblivion it deserved, had it not been for the overenthusiasm of a specialist science-fiction press".[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Recommended Reading," F&SF, September 1954, p.93.
- ^ "The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, January 1955, p.153
- ^ "Book Reviews", New Worlds, February 1956, p.126
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 240.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 36. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
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