The book theorizes about the next evolution in human development. I understand the point of telling the story from multiple perspectives, but it didn't help with clarity. " I found this to be really confusing to read. It still gets past many of my later filters.) " - Mely, (I first read it when I was ten, okay? It blew my mind. Probably creepy racial subtext too, now that I think about it. Creepy gender subtext and creepy rape text, though. " One of the first books by Sturgeon I read and still one of my favorites. reading the blurb about it brought back strong feelings of sympatico with outsiders. I am waiting for antigravity to arrive any minute. Really liked the characters but would someone who had been hurt really become so malicious, full of his power. I felt like the ending collapsed, wait, isn't there more to say. I love his books and hate all of their endings. His shiny bright 50s optimism and moralizing makes me gag. " Like the ill-named "Venus Plus X" and "To Marry Medusa" this Theodore Sturgeon novel is extremely well written and enjoyable. Yet another fundamental work in the canon. " More Than Human is, undoubtedly, one of the most influential works of 1950s science fiction, a narrative of incredible invention and clarity. One of those plots I wish I had come up with. " This social experiment of a book is a bit like a combo of Geek Love and Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle. " My dad lent me this book when i was about 14, and it was and still is in my top 5 books.
The author has the whole show don't tell thing completely mastered. This tale is as mind-blowing as any controlled substance and as affecting as a glimpse into a stranger’s soul. As they struggle to discover whether they are meant to help humanity or destroy it, Sturgeon explores questions of power and morality, individuality and belonging, with suspense, pathos, and a lyricism rarely seen in science fiction.
Together, they may represent the next step in evolution-or the final chapter in the history of the human race. 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. There’s Lone, the simpleton who can hear other people’s thoughts Janie, who moves things without touching them and the teleporting twins, who can travel ten feet or ten miles. In this genre-bending novel, among the first to have launched science fiction into literature, a group of remarkable social outcasts band together for survival and discover that their combined powers render them superhuman.
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