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by: Theodore Sturgeon
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780375703713
ISBN: 0375703713
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: December 29, 1998
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: December 29, 1998
Sales Rank: 192544
Studio: Vintage
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First published in 1953, this most celebrated of Sturgeon's works won the International Fantasy Award, as has been touted as 'a masterpiece of provocative storytelling' (The Herald Tribune). A group of remarkable social outcasts band together for survival and discover their combined powers renders them superhuman.
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Rating:  - More allegory than science fiction
"More Than Human" is a strange book indeed, filled with evocative prose and provocative ideas. It is a stretch to call this book science fiction, but that's where it's usually classified because it deals with "supernatural" phenomena and contains technology-based plot developments. But it's really a book about the human condition, especially at the edges of humanity. There's no other work quite like it; imagine a bizarre version of Catcher In The Rye with an idiot-savant Norman Bates as the central ... Read More
Rating:  - Wow! This is what really good books are like
This book is mind blowing. I really have never read anything like it which is a very good honor for a science fiction book. Oh I am sure there are plenty of hack novels with characters that have superpowers out there. However, this book is written magnificently. THAT IS THE KEY. Great prose + great ideas + great plot = great book.
Warning for potential readers:
This is book with substance. Like a fine wine, it will be enjoyed more thoroughly by more sophisticated readers. ... Read More
Rating: - Super Reader
I was pretty amazed the first time I came across this book. It is structured in 3 parts - novellas/novelettes, or what have you.
The basic premise is that Homo Gestalt is coming. Children that develop and relate to people differently than Homo Sapiens. The characters here included a telepath, a telekinetic, a couple of teleporters, and an infant genius.
Broadly speaking, the first part, as you would expect, is about their coming to be, the second, exploring what they are going ... Read More
Rating:  - More than dated...
More Than Human is one of those books that has garnered high praise from the science fiction community because of its strong prose and original ideas.
The writing is often compared to that of Faulkner but I wouldn't make that connection having read a few of Faulkner's works. Sturgeon uses many of Faulkner's narrative trademarks (i.e. streaming conscious, first person perspective of low IQ individuals, disorienting changes in first person narrative) but I didn't feel the net effect really compared ... Read More
Rating: - Very Good - Great, maybe.
The next step in human evolution will be small groups of people with complementary talents in ESP ranges. A truly visionary book written fifty years ago. It was a good read, but slow in parts.
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