More Than Human
Sep 2011 · Hachette UK
4.7star
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All alone: an idiot boy, a runaway girl, a severely retarded baby, and twin girls with a vocabulary of two words between them. Yet once they are mysteriously drawn together this collection of misfits becomes something very, very different from the rest of humanity.
This intensely written and moving novel is an extraordinary vision of humanity's next step.
First published in 1952, More Than Human won the Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel.
This intensely written and moving novel is an extraordinary vision of humanity's next step.
First published in 1952, More Than Human won the Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel.
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4.7
7 reviews
De Du
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July 1, 2014
I found myself holding my breath while reading this. Only 32 pages in and am already sad that it will eventually end... A day later... I feel empty. Short book but truly immersive. It will leave you out of breath.
James Henderson
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February 11, 2020
There is an error in the description above. It was nominated for a Retro Hugo but did not win.
Marc Bradshaw
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May 13, 2013
Great read and enthralling story, if a little busy in places.
About the author
Theodore Sturgeon (1918 - 1985)Theodore Sturgeon was born Edward Hamilton Waldo in New York City in 1918. Sturgeon was not a pseudonym; his name was legally changed after his parents' divorce. After selling his first SF story to Astounding in 1939, he travelled for some years, only returning in earnest in 1946. He produced a great body of acclaimed short fiction (SF's premier short story award is named in his honour) as well as a number of novels, including More Than Human, which was awarded the 1954 retro-Hugo in 2004. In addition to coining Sturgeon's Law - '90% of everything is crud' - he wrote the screenplays for seminal Star Trek episodes 'Shore Leave' and 'Amok Time', inventing the famous Vulcan mating ritual, the pon farr.
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