More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
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More Than Human

Author: Theodore Sturgeon

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki and Harlan Ellison

Unabridged: 8 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/26/2009

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

In this genrebending novel, among the first to have launched sci fi into literature, a group of remarkable social outcasts band together for survival and discover that their combined powers render them superhuman. Theres Lone, the simpleton who can hear other peoples thoughts; Janie, who moves things without touching them; and the teleporting twins, who can travel ten feet or ten miles. Theres 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 may represent the next step in evolutionor the final chapter in the history of the human race. As they struggle to find whether they are meant to help humanity or destroy it, Sturgeon explores questions of power and morality, individuality and belonging.

About Theodore Sturgeon

Theodore Sturgeon (1918-1985) is considered one of the godfathers of contemporary science fiction and dark fantasy. The author of numerous acclaimed short stories and novels, among them the classics More Than Human, Venus Plus X, and To Marry Medusa, Sturgeon also wrote for television and holds among his credits two episodes of the original 1960s Star Trek series, for which he created the Vulcan mating ritual and the expression "Live long and prosper." He is also credited as the inspiration for Kurt Vonnegut's recurring fictional character Kilgore Trout.

Sturgeon is the recipient of the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and the International Fantasy Award. In 2000, he was posthumously honored with a World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on April 13, 2020

If you have ever been lonely and longed for completion, you will be drawn to this book. But if you are one of those rare souls who sense that completion demands more than a wife or a husband, who yearn to find a small group of friends like yourself--but different--who can believe and will the same t......more

Goodreads review by Vit on June 18, 2024

More Than Human is a stupendous cross between science fiction and Gothic tale written in an elaborately artsy style. Every human being carries some wonderful potential hidden deep down inside… The world is gigantic and someplace in this world an idiot occupies his own diminutive niche… The idiot heard......more

Goodreads review by Baba on February 01, 2023

SF Masterworks 28 - although first published in 1953, this has aged extremely well, and is, from the off, a masterclass in how to make your story timeless. Now the book itself - and what an extraordinary book it is - seven people with different types of evolved power (telekinesis, mind control, tele......more

Goodreads review by Lark on January 30, 2019

I have no explanation for my deep love of this novel. It's hokey and ridiculous and overwrought and leaves bushels of interesting themes all over the place, unassembled. It's hopelessly dated. I love it. I connect with these very implausible characters. I revere this author for writing with such car......more

Goodreads review by Matt (Fully supports developing sentient AGI) on August 23, 2024

On the surface, this inspired the X-Men. Shift to another wavelength, similar to Childhood’s End. Modern take: Eerily prescient about some of the potential problems with emergent AI. A human gives an emerging node a lesson on ethics and morals and the node makes a few connections. As a result the no......more

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