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Organ transplantation is a common theme in science fiction and horror fiction. Mary Shelley's 1818 novel ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'', in which a human being is assembled from the transplanted body parts of the recently dead, can be regarded as the first novel to feature transplantation, although the novel predates the term. Numerous horror movies feature the theme of transplanted body parts that are evil or give supernatural powers, with examples including ''Body Parts''. ''Hands of a Stranger'', and ''The Eye''. Organ transplants from donors who are unwilling, or incapable of objecting, to having their organs removed are a recurring theme in dystopian fiction. == Organ theft == The term "organlegging" was coined by Larry Niven in a series of short stories set in his ''Known Space'' future universe originally published in a 1976 collection called ''The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton'', later expanded and re-released as ''Flatlander''. The story ''The Patchwork Girl'' was also published alone as a novel in 1986. In Robin Cook's 1978 novel ''Coma'', set in the present day, the organ thieves operate in a hospital, removing the organs from patients in a facility for the long-term care of patients in a vegetative state. The story was also made into a film, ''Coma'' in 1978, and later into a two-part television miniseries aired in 2012 on the A&E television network. Organ theft is a theme in a number of horror movies, including ''Turistas'', and also (in a less overtly horrific manner) as a theme in realistic dramas such as ''Dirty Pretty Things'' and ''Inhale''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Organ transplantation in fiction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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