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Plague of Pythons

First published: 1962
Pages: 112

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Chapter I
12:27
Chapter II
17:28
Chapter III
31:48
Chapter IV
26:32
Chapter V
16:20
Chapter VI
16:57
Chapter VII
12:06
Chapter VIII
27:20
Chapter IX
22:11
Chapter X
19:07
Chapter XI
15:20
Chapter XII
13:51
Chapter XIII
10:32
Chapter XIV
12:04
Chapter XV
3:07

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In a world unhinged by seemingly random 'possessions,' ordinary people commit atrocities and then swear they had no control over their own bodies. Chandler, an engineer disgraced and branded a fraud after being tried for a murder he insists he never committed, uncovers the truth behind the epidemic: the possessions are engineered, the work of a small group who have learned to seize other minds at will. Frederik Pohl turns a paranoid premise into a taut story about power, guilt, and free will, following one man's fight to expose a hidden tyranny. First serialized in 1962, it shows the veteran science fiction author working in a darker, more unsettling register. Read it free as a PDF or EPUB.

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Frederik Pohl

Frederik George Pohl Jr. was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satellite: Luna", to the 2011 novel All the Lives He Led.