More Than Human
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Book Description
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux hardcover with dust jacket, this edition published by and for the Science Fiction Book Club, 1st club printing Jan. 1978 (code T1), SFBC #2155, 186 pages, cover art by Gary Viskupic. 8vo (8.5" x 5.75") This edition was part of the Science Fiction Book Club's Classics of Science Fiction Collection, which printed 6 classic novels in uniform editions each spring from 1978 t...
MoreFarrar, Straus, and Giroux hardcover with dust jacket, this edition published by and for the Science Fiction Book Club, 1st club printing Jan. 1978 (code T1), SFBC #2155, 186 pages, cover art by Gary Viskupic. 8vo (8.5" x 5.75") This edition was part of the Science Fiction Book Club's Classics of Science Fiction Collection, which printed 6 classic novels in uniform editions each spring from 1978 to 1981. Novel composed of three stories originally published separately: Baby Is Three, Morality, and The Fabulous Idiot. Winner, 1954 International Fantasy Award. 1975 Locus Poll Award, All-Time Best Novel (Place: 9). 1987 Locus Poll Award, All-Time Best SF Novel (Place: 12). 1998 Locus Poll Award, All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990 (Place: 13).
Product Description
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. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
* #28 in in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written * '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 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 * Winner of the International Fantasy Award --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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