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Title: Mutant 59: The Plastic-Eaters by Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis ISBN: 0-670-49662-6 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: February, 1972 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $5.95

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Summary: PLASTICS CHANGE AND CREATE CHAOS -- IT COULD HAPPEN!
Comment: Speculative Science Fiction is a more rare genre than the ultra fantastic so commonly seen and therefore the more fascinating and sometimes frightening! As seen in this book, bacteria acquire a new taste, which might seem harmless to the average 'Joe', but the author takes one to the megalopolis of London where we soon learn that from one little accident, mankind faces a threat to its future and a sudden return to urban anarchy. Within the 246 pages of the 1971 hardbound is found a new world underground where MUTANT-59 finds refuge and new fuels, much to the horror of those above and below ground as anything plastic begins to disintegrate. The ramifications of this will amaze you and leave a certain unease haunting your thoughts for some time to come. It could be called a quick read, but it is so well written that it could provide a crash course in polymer education, yet it is never slow or wordy but takes you right along into the investigation by its intrepid protagonist, Luke Gerrard, and even into his love life to create a three dimensional character. Will he stop the speard of MUTANT-59, or will it cause the downfall of all mankind by breaking out of England?

The author did himself a credit in this version of speculative science fiction, but this book did not originate as such; it started as an episode of the British TV series "Dune Watch" which has not yet appeared in the States, and Mr. Pedlar also wrote for the TV series "Dr. Who". It is said that this book was inspired by the movie "Andromeda Strain" which also involved, eventually, plastic-eating bacteria and the problems they brought. The book was issued in both hard and soft cover, so Amazon may be able to locate it for you. This book has been said to deal with 'a biological time bomb', but it also is a unique view into a place and time as one sees London from Carnaby street in its 'glory'(?) days to the vast underground (subways) which contained an ironic view into the past during the "Blitz" of World War II. If you like plastics and history, drama and chemistry, this book is for you!