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Fantasy Aspects, issue 2, November 1947
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MOORE, WADE Greener Than You Think New York: William Sloane Associates, Inc., 1947. 358pp. Further Information: First Edition. Jacket design by Wolfgang Rolf. Speer Classification: 35.8 -- 43.5 Review: Mr. Ward's book as most hard cover fantasies are, is a novel first, fantasy second. This review, being read by fantasy enthusiasts, will deal more or less with this second aspect of the book. The story consists of the written history of the "grass" as written by Albert Weener, the protagonist of the story. It starts with his answering of an advertisement for a salesman by Josephine S. Franois, an agrostological engineer,* unhampered by degrees or diplomas, a seeker of the truth. She has developed a solution called "the Metamorphizer". This preparation enables a plant to mutate itself so as to adapt itself so as to adapt itself to any given environment, and make the most of that environment. It is Miss Franois' idea to apply this to grains so that they will grow anywhere, on the rocks as well as soil, and grow better. Weener's job is to sell the Metamorphizer to some farmers in order to raise some working capital. Weener can not see this grandiose plan, but envisions the money to be made in selling it as a lawn restorer. Though the Metamorphizer is not yet perfected ------------------------------- * AGROSTOLOGY [illegible] The branch of systematic botany treating of the grasses -------------------------------- or understood thoroughly by its inventor. Weener takes a small sample and goes out to see what he can do. He immediately decides to follow his plan. He applies to Metamorphizer to a lawn and so unfolds the tale. Weener's characterization is not difficult to see. As the one through whom the story is seen, he is made a small, weak man, so that the reader, comparing himself with Weener, as is natural, is gratified at the contrast, and able to say, "if I were in his place---". The idea of plant life gone wild is by no means a novel idea to those who have pursued stfantasy to any lengths. The idea of providing the plant with the means of adapting itself to any environment is still ----(Page 31)----
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MOORE, WADE Greener Than You Think New York: William Sloane Associates, Inc., 1947. 358pp. Further Information: First Edition. Jacket design by Wolfgang Rolf. Speer Classification: 35.8 -- 43.5 Review: Mr. Ward's book as most hard cover fantasies are, is a novel first, fantasy second. This review, being read by fantasy enthusiasts, will deal more or less with this second aspect of the book. The story consists of the written history of the "grass" as written by Albert Weener, the protagonist of the story. It starts with his answering of an advertisement for a salesman by Josephine S. Franois, an agrostological engineer,* unhampered by degrees or diplomas, a seeker of the truth. She has developed a solution called "the Metamorphizer". This preparation enables a plant to mutate itself so as to adapt itself so as to adapt itself to any given environment, and make the most of that environment. It is Miss Franois' idea to apply this to grains so that they will grow anywhere, on the rocks as well as soil, and grow better. Weener's job is to sell the Metamorphizer to some farmers in order to raise some working capital. Weener can not see this grandiose plan, but envisions the money to be made in selling it as a lawn restorer. Though the Metamorphizer is not yet perfected ------------------------------- * AGROSTOLOGY [illegible] The branch of systematic botany treating of the grasses -------------------------------- or understood thoroughly by its inventor. Weener takes a small sample and goes out to see what he can do. He immediately decides to follow his plan. He applies to Metamorphizer to a lawn and so unfolds the tale. Weener's characterization is not difficult to see. As the one through whom the story is seen, he is made a small, weak man, so that the reader, comparing himself with Weener, as is natural, is gratified at the contrast, and able to say, "if I were in his place---". The idea of plant life gone wild is by no means a novel idea to those who have pursued stfantasy to any lengths. The idea of providing the plant with the means of adapting itself to any environment is still ----(Page 31)----
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