''The Fungus'' is a novel by
Harry Adam Knight published in 1985.
Plot summary
A scientist attempting to solve world hunger creates a fungus that mutates and spreads across all of England.
Reception
Dave Langford
David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor, and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science-fiction fanzine and newsletter ''Ansible'' and holds the all-time record for most Hug ...
reviewed ''The Fungus'' for ''
White Dwarf
A white dwarf is a Compact star, stellar core remnant composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter. A white dwarf is very density, dense: in an Earth sized volume, it packs a mass that is comparable to the Sun. No nuclear fusion takes place i ...
'' #66, and called it "revolting".
Reviews
* Review by Richard E. Geis (1985) in ''
Science Fiction Review
Richard E. Geis (July 19, 1927 – February 4, 2013) was an American science fiction fan and writer, and erotica writer, from Portland, Oregon, who won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 1971, 1975, 1976, 1977 (tied with Susan Wood), 1978, ...
'', Winter 1985
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* Review by Tom Whitmore (1989) in ''
Locus'', #345, October 1989
* Review by Terry Broome (1990) in ''Paperback Inferno'', #85
* Review by Justin Marriott (2020) in ''Pulp Horror: All Reviews Special Edition''
References
1985 novels
English-language novels
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