Publisher's Synopsis
The most unbelievable convergence of run-away science ever known! Throughout history, of all the world's wondrous centers of learning, none has ever inspired more reverence, discussion, or white knuckled terror than the Pelgimbly Institute for Advanced Sciences. A center of learning and research like none other, it is home to the most amazing and remarkable band of madcap geniuses ever assembled in one place. Come with us now into the wacky world of C.J. Henderson an his fellow authors Jack Dolphin and John L. French to learn the secrets of steam-powered inter-dimensional joy-riding, meet dinosaurs, aliens and angels, encounter time-travel, and find a world where all fresh foods are considered controlled substances. Within these pages you'll discover what happened to the flying cars we were promised, who really won the War Between the States, as well as the incredible secret behind the Doorbell of God! And you'll meet Wendell Q. Wezleski, PhD, scientist extraordinaire, inventor of Cancer-B-Gone, the At Home Heart Transplant Kit, the Instant BLT and everyone's Kwanza favorite, pepperoni waffles. It's fifteen over-the-top tales of sci-fi gone mad, edited by none other than John Rennie, the legendary twenty year editor-in-chief of "Scientific American."