I won't argue that, but simply point out that MORE THAN HUMAN is a superb job of characterization - better than you will find in SF novels from the 1950s and novels written today. It's common to assume that writing in the field these days contains far better characterizations than work from the middle of the last century. Sturgeon's MORE THAN HUMAN is also 'More Than a Science Fiction'.

A definite recommendation for any reader! 4:35 AM JRS said. Stergeon weaved a perfect story, and the characters seemed to come alive in his book. I usually don't read but this book is by far the Best. This is one awesome scifi book ever written for me.

He has heart, and he's not afraid to use it. 'Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the human heart can hold.' - Zelda FitzgeraldĪnd this is what Theodore Sturgeon's work is all about. 'Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the the universe.' - Albert Einstein 'I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.' - David Bowie Here are a few quotes of what other famous figures think about being 'More Than Human' : Here is another review of this book.Īnd now, just for laughs. More Than Human is one of those books that should be read by everyone, science fiction fan or not: it’s a true work of art. Sturgeon’s genius is throughout More than Human: the characters are engaging, never heavy-handed or simplistic the science fiction elements are experiential and totally real-feeling, never embarrassingly melodramatic and the story has a real impact because Sturgeon embraces a true understanding of humanity with all it’s glory as well as flaws, and so the book never feels cheap or lazy. There’s a problem with this new, emergent, being, however: it needs a conscience. That’s great and all, but the brilliance and originality of Sturgeon’s masterpiece is that each of these people are not the single next step but all parts of one super-entity, a gestalt. In the first novella we’re introduced to Lone, “the idiot” who is actually an incredible genius Baby, whose mind functions like a computer Bonnie and Beanie, who can teleport and a young telekinetic girl named Janie. To detail what I mean by 'brilliantly original,' More Than Human is a series of novellas exploring the birth, and growth, of the next stage in human evolution. sf novel : 1998 Locus All-Time Poll /13Ī true, and very well deserved, science fiction classic, More Than Human is brilliantly original and, as with pretty much everything Theodore Sturgeon did, astoundingly well-written. book : 1966 Astounding/Analog All-Time Poll /19

book : 1956 Astounding/Analog All-Time Poll /3 (tie) novel : 1954 International Fantasy Award W from 'Baby is Three', 'The Fabulous Idiot', 'Morality') There’s a problem with this new gestalt being:

More than human by theodore sturgeon