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More Than Human

by Theodore Sturgeon

ISBN13: 9780375703713
ISBN10: 0375703713
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From one of the greatest practitioners of science fiction comes a genre-bending novel that is as affectingly humane as it is speculatively daring.<P>There's Lone, who can make a man blow his own brains out just by looking at him. There's Janie, who moves things without touching them, and the unique power of the teleporting twins. There's Baby, who invented an antigravity engine while still in the cradle, and Gerry, who has everything it takes to run the world — except for a conscience. Separately, they are talented freaks. Together they compose a single organism that may represent the next step in evolution. As the protagonist of More Than Human struggle to find out whether they are meant to help humanity or destroy it, Theodore Sturgeon explores the questions of power and morality, individuality and belonging, with sophistication and lyricism rarely seen in science fiction.

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: rtharpes, January 1, 2008 (view all comments by rtharpes)
I appreciate this book much more than I did 40 years ago, when I was befriended by Theodore and his wife.
He lived in a small house in Elysian Fields, in the hills overlooking downtown Los Angeles, close to Dodger Stadium. I was quite young, and one of those alienated youths he writes about, looking for my gestault. They were kind to me, and my picture hung over their fireplace mantle for a few years. Theodore was a most interesting and intense person, and I am grateful that I had an opportunity to meet him.
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ISBN:: 9780375703713
Author:: Sturgeon, Theodore
Publisher:: Vintage Books USA
Location:: New York :
Subject:: General
Subject:: Fiction
Subject:: Science Fiction - General
Subject:: Science fiction
Subject:: Science Fiction - High Tech
Edition Number:: 1
Edition Description:: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publication Date:: December 1998
Binding:: Paperback
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 192
Dimensions:: 8.03x5.24x.61 in. .46 lbs.

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