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First published in 1953, this most celebrated of Sturgeon's works won the International Fantasy Award, as has been touted as "a masterpiece of provocative storytelling" (The Herald Tribune). A group of remarkable social outcasts band together for survival and discover their combined powers renders them superhuman.
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About the Author
THEODORE STURGEON (1918-1985) is one of the great figures of the golden age of science fiction. He wrote over 200 stories, several novels, film and TV scripts (including two of the most famous episodes of the original Star Trek), plays, and dozens of nonfiction reviews and essays. His many literary awards include the Hugo, the Nebula, and the International Fantasy Award. His most famous novel, More Than Human, won serious academic recognition as literature, a rarity among science-fiction works of the '50s.
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A quantum leap in the development of science fiction as an art. Washington Post A masterpiece of provocative storytelling. New York Herald Tribune The corpus of science fiction written by Theodore Sturgeon is the single most important body of science fiction written by an American to date. -- Samuel R. Delany
He (Sturgeon) brought things to science fiction that had never been there before: eloquence, passion, a love of life, and a fiery poetry that found its natural expression in prose. --Robert Silverberg
A masterpiece of provocative storytelling. --New York Herald Tribune
The corpus of science fiction written by Theodore Sturgeon is the single most important body of science fiction written by an American to date. -- Samuel R. Delany
He (Sturgeon) brought things to science fiction that had never been there before: eloquence, passion, a love of life, and a fiery poetry that found its natural expression in prose. --Robert Silverberg
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- PublisherBallantine Books
- Publication date1953
- ISBN 10 0345243897
- ISBN 13 9780345243898
- BindingMass Market Paperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages188
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