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Ida May Ferguson was a Canadian science fiction writer. She wrote the 1896 science fiction novel Tisab Ting, or, The Electric Kiss, under the pseudonym Dyjan Fergus. The book is set in late twentieth century Montreal and features an "electrical genius", a "learned Chinaman" who woes and wins a Canadian wife through his superior scientific knowledge as embodied in "the Electrical Kiss". According to a contemporary reviewer, the admitted novelty of the subject matter and plot of this "startling" work did not excuse this "young lady writer" for writing which was weak and without skill (it was her first book). It is of interest mainly because of its early publication date. The University of Alberta Libraries published a microfiche copy of the book in 1980.
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