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Cover of The Electric Crocodile

The Electric Crocodile

D. G. Compton (1970)

SubgenreMagical Realism
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age16
Goodreads3.39

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Protagonist archetypes

Morally Gray Protagonist

Synopsis

[From back cover] In 1933, the physicist Kapitza ordered, for the facade of his new laboratory, a crocodile's head, in steel. The crocodile of science. The crocodile cannot turn its head. Life science, it must always go forward with all-devouring jaws. The inevitable logic of discovery marches to inescapable conclusions. But must it? Can the future be manipulated? At the Colindale Institute they knew that control was possible. By the Institute. But only if the fact of control and the techniques of control were kept absolutely secret.

Tags

Philosophical SFDystopian ElementsPsychological Thriller