A Midsummer Night's Gene is a science fiction parody novel of Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, written by Andrew Harman and published in 1997 by Random House. It reflects the plot of the original play only slightly. It concentrates on two of the fairies and follows their attempts to play with genetic engineering in a modern English town. 1997 British novels 1997 science fiction novels Comic science fiction novels British science fiction novels Parody novels Novels based on A Midsummer Night's Dream Random House books Novels about genetic engineering Modern adaptations of works by William Shakespeare