# ID a sci-fi story?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-sci-fi-story/839237>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 25, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-sci-fi-story/839237 "2019-08-25T23:45:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-sci-fi-story/839237/1 "2019-08-25T23:45:13Z")

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A short story or novella, I read it in the early 1970s, probably written in the 1950s or 1960s, and probably end in an anthology. A scientist has some fast growing small (microscopic?) organism in the lab. It reproduces a lot and quickly, so he can watch generations of evolution in a matter of days. The organisms evolve intelligence, civilizations, and…and…that’s all I got. Help, anyone?

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-sci-fi-story/839237/2 "2019-08-25T23:46:32Z")

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“[Microcosmic God](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcosmic_God)” by Theodore Sturgeon

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**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-sci-fi-story/839237/3 "2019-08-25T23:57:45Z")

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That’s it! Many thanks!

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-sci-fi-story/839237/4 "2019-08-26T00:04:15Z")

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I’ve created Lutherans!

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**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-sci-fi-story/839237/5 "2019-08-26T00:52:56Z")

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Have you looked in your fridge lately?