Project Gutenberg 2009-01-09 Public domain in the USA. 88 Porges, Arthur 1915 2006 Revenge Produced from Amazing Stories February 1961. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Revenge" by Arthur Porges is a science fiction novella written in the early 1960s. The narrative centers around a biochemist who devises a plan to eradicate the opium poppy, aiming to end the drug trade and combat addiction. The author explores themes of frustration with bureaucracy and society's shortcomings in tackling drug-related issues. The story follows a disillusioned biochemist who creates a virus specifically designed to kill the opium poppy, effectively obliterating the source of heroin and other narcotics. After presenting his revolutionary idea to government officials, he is met with ignorance and rejection. Feeling betrayed and scorned, the protagonist decides to release the virus himself, leading to the global extinction of the opium plant. However, he finds himself unrecognized and uncompensated for his work, prompting him to plot further revenge by creating viruses that will destroy yeast and tobacco, aiming to teach society a lesson about their indifference towards him and the drug crisis. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 42746 2025-07-11T10:56:32.062132 text/html 38881 2009-01-09T09:42:12 text/html 79118 2025-07-11T10:56:35.354026 application/epub+zip 77946 2025-07-11T10:56:33.475099 application/epub+zip 77947 2025-07-11T10:56:32.547083 application/epub+zip 137244 2025-07-11T10:56:36.783023 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 130544 2025-07-11T10:56:34.818049 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112705 2022-09-13T04:41:40.927801 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 37090 2025-07-11T10:56:31.858051 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 36991 2009-01-09T09:42:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19171 2025-07-11T10:56:36.901056 application/rdf+xml 10076 2025-07-11T10:56:33.011074 image/jpeg 2654 2025-07-11T10:56:32.777078 image/jpeg 15778 2009-01-09T09:42:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 14865 2009-01-09T09:42:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 77830 2025-07-11T10:56:32.067119 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia