Project Gutenberg 2020-01-31 Public domain in the USA. 144 Neville, Kris 1925 1980 Neville, Kris Ottman Too Many Eggs Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, November 1962 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Too Many Eggs" by Kris Melville is a whimsical science fiction short story written in the early 1960s. This narrative presents a humorous exploration of unexpected consequences stemming from an unusual purchase—a refrigerator that inexplicably produces packages of fish eggs. The story delves into themes of consumerism and the absurdity of everyday life, making readers ponder the nature of desire and fulfillment. In the story, the protagonist, Coxe, purchases a deeply discounted refrigerator that begins to mysteriously generate fish eggs. As the days pass, the quantity of fish eggs multiplies, leading Coxe and his girlfriend to give them away to friends and family to manage the growing supply. Eventually, Coxe realizes that he has consumed the last of them, only to be confronted by a frazzled man claiming to be associated with the refrigerator's peculiar output. This man reveals the horror of Coxe's actions—that the fish eggs were not mere delicacies but a significant part of a larger, troubling reality. The story cleverly juggles comedic elements with darker implications, leaving readers with a chilling twist and a sense of irony about the consequences of indulgence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 87.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour 32129 2025-08-24T09:32:59.194489 text/html 8396 2024-10-17T16:06:27 text/html 96314 2025-08-24T09:33:00.769448 application/epub+zip 95148 2025-08-24T09:32:59.548497 application/epub+zip 78844 2025-08-24T09:32:59.348492 application/epub+zip 127325 2025-08-24T09:33:01.933441 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120326 2025-08-24T09:33:00.585518 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 104156 2022-09-27T17:07:50.133359 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 26130 2025-08-24T09:32:59.109510 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 6416 2024-10-17T16:06:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16678 2025-08-24T09:33:02.057472 application/rdf+xml 31441 2025-08-24T09:32:59.429463 image/jpeg 5032 2025-08-24T09:32:59.387506 image/jpeg 319754 2025-08-24T09:32:59.204451 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