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In Hugh Paxton's 2006 novel Homunculus (MacMillan New
Writing ISBN-13: 978-0230007369), alchemy is harnessed
for modern military purposes. Homunculi created from
human body parts and powered by moonshine are used as
bioweapons in war-torn Sierra Leone.
In Nobel Prize winner Johannes Vilhelm Jensen's novel
The Fall of the King (published in Danish 1900-01), a
homunculus is featured. It is eventually burned at the
stake.
In James P. Blaylock's novel Homunculus, published in
1986, a homunculus is much sought after by several of
the book's characters because of its powerful magical
abilities.
In Judd Trichter's online story, "Praise Monkey," a
homunculus literally and symbolically becomes the prime
mover behind a government employee's career advancement.
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