Children of the Atom (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Wilmar H. Shiras
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—superbeing
- Time of Work: 1973
- Setting: Primarily the San Francisco Bay area
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: 1970’s, Children, San Francisco, Superman or superbeings, Intellect, Nuclear accidents
- Locales: San Francisco, CA
The Plot
After being called in to help a withdrawn thirteen-year-old boy, school psychologist Dr. Peter Welles realizes that the boy, Timothy Paul, is immeasurably intelligent. Taught by his guardians that precocity is often punished as boastful exhibitionism, Tim has lived “in hiding,” masking his abilities while carrying out a secret life as an author under a variety of pseudonyms. Welles soon deduces that Tim’s intelligence is the result of a mutation caused by a disaster at an atomic power plant in “Helium City,” where his parents worked thirteen years...
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