More than Human (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Theodore Sturgeon
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—superbeing
- Time of Work: The 1950’s
- Setting: The midwestern United States
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Science fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: 1950’s, Maturation or coming of age, Supernatural, Education or educators, Extrasensory perception or powers, Future, Science or scientists, Midwest, Human race, Forests or forestry, Consciousness, Superman or superbeings, Exceptional or gifted children or prodigies, Mind and body
- Locales: United States
The Plot
More than Human is an expanded version of “Baby Is Three,” a novella published in Galaxy in 1952. The novella forms the central part of the novel, which deals with the joining of six people to form a new form of humanity, Homo gestalt.
The first section of the novel, “The Fabulous Idiot,” focuses on Lone, a mentally impaired man described as purely animal, who has parapsychic powers. Alicia and Evelyn Kew are sisters whose unconventional upbringing has kept Evelyn in a state of innocence. Evelyn’s psychic plea, “touch me,” is...
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