Locus Solus Membership and other exotic fauna

and other exotic fauna

pilus) of as wide a variety of humans (and animals) as possible in his quest to account for the differences and similarities between groups of humans

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

Of Science and Humanity: Treasures from the Mütter Museum

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Locus Solus Membership and other exotic faunaBy Raymond Roussel The wealthy scientist Martial Canterel guides a group of visitors through his expansive estate, Locus Solus, where he displays his various deranged inventions: a machine propelled by the weather, which constructs a mosaic out of varying hues of human teeth; a hairless cat charged with a powerful electric battery; a bizarre theater in which corpses are reanimated with a special serum to enact the most important movements of their