Science fiction | Part 02 | Amphibian Man | Best story read aloud

#storyread #story #read #Novel Science fiction | Part 02 | Amphibian Man | Best story read aloud Argentinean doctor Salvator, a scientist and a maverick surgeon, gives his son, Ichthyander (Russian: Ихтиандр, Ikhtiandr) (Greek etymology: “Fish“ “Man“) a life-saving transplant - a set of shark gills. The experiment is a success but it limits the young man’s ability to interact with the world outside his ocean environment. He has to spend much of his time in water. Pedro Zurita, a local pearl gatherer, learns about Ichthyander and tries to exploit the boy’s superhuman diving abilities. Similar to other works by Beliaev, the book investigates the possibilities of physical survival under extreme conditions, as well as the moral integrity of scientific experiments. It also touches on socialist ideas of improving living conditions for the world’s poor. The 1962 film adaptation the Amphibian Man (Russian: Человеκ-aмфибия, translit. Chelovek-Amfibiya), was dir