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The Primal Urge
Richard M. Powers
AuthorBrian Aldiss
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction novel
PublisherBallantine Books

Publication date

1961
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages191 pp

The Primal Urge is a 1961 science fiction novelbyBrian Aldiss. A satire on sexual reserve, it explores the effects on society of a forehead-mounted "Emotion Register" that glows when the wearer experiences sexual attraction. The book was banned in Ireland.

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