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Mirabile

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	Mirabile	comment	Mirabile is a science fiction short story collection/fix-up novel by Janet Kagan, composed of stories originally published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1988-1991.The stories concern the work of Annie Jason Masmajean, a geneticist living on the colony world of Mirabile, which was settled from Earth via a fleet of Generation Ships. In addition to the usual problems of (relatively) young colonies, Mirabile has a special problem brought on by 1. overenthusiasm among the geneticists who set up the colony's supply of plants and animals and 2. a major accident that messed up the colony's computer system. To provide redundancy, every plant and animal sent along on the trip has extra encoded genetic information for several other plants and animals, and under the right Environmental Conditions a flower might produce dragonfly eggs instead of seeds, or a chicken might hatch owls — or newts. Trouble is, the information on which ECs produce which results, and how to stop unhelpful results happening, was lost along with a chunk of the ship's records in the aforementioned catastrophe. And then there's the fact that the mixing of the extra genes can result in weird and sometimes dangerous Mix-and-Match Critters. Harmful critters resulting from the gene mixing are called "Dragon's Teeth", after the Greek myth about sowing dragon's teeth that produced a crop of soldiers, and the people who deal with them, like Annie, are called "Jasons".Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The stories are: "The Loch Moose Monster": Jason Masmajean is called to investigate a mysterious creature sighted at Loch Moose, and meets Leonov Bellmaker Denness. "The Return of the Kangaroo Rex": A change of EC produces a fresh outbreak of the notorious carnivorous kangaroo rex. The herders want it destroyed before it eats their sheep, but are they giving it a fair go? "The Flowering Inferno": When a forest fire threatens the town of Milo's Ford, the townsfolk have a scapegoat in mind, but the jasons' investigation suggests the culprit is in the forest itself. "Getting the Bugs Out": Jason Masmajean's long-held belief that Mirabile needs more insectivores gains new urgency when a plant produces Mirabile's first mosquitoes. Meanwhile, Bellmaker Denness makes his most impressive bell yet, and his clients want something from Jason Masmajean too. "Raising Cane": Jason Masmajean's investigation of an apparent Dragon's Tooth — a stand of carnivorous cane plants — proves that it's a native Mirabilan life form. So then why did it only appear in the area after humans settled there? "Frankenswine": The neighborhood of Loch Moose is menaced by Dragon's Teeth with a large helping of wild boar genes, Susan has a secret, and Elly has a proposition for Annie and Leo.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Mirabile provides examples of:
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	Mirabile	hasFeature	Cute, but Cacophonic / int_1af36458
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	Mirabile	hasFeature	Naming Your Colony World / int_1af36458
	Mirabile	hasFeature	NO INDOOR VOICE / int_1af36458
	Mirabile	hasFeature	Stock Ness Monster / int_1af36458
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