More Than Human

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More Than Human is a classic 1953 science fiction novel by Theodore Sturgeon that explores the emergence of a gestalt superhuman formed from several misfit individuals with extraordinary abilities.

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instanceOf novel
science fiction novel
alternateTitle More Than Human (novel) NERFINISHED
author Theodore Sturgeon NERFINISHED
awardReceived International Fantasy Award NERFINISHED
awardReceivedYear 1954
basedOn Baby Is Three NERFINISHED
Morality
The Fabulous Idiot NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist Richard M. Powers NERFINISHED
criticalReception widely acclaimed as a classic of science fiction
featuresCharacter Beany NERFINISHED
Bonnie NERFINISHED
Gerry NERFINISHED
Janie NERFINISHED
Lone NERFINISHED
genre science fiction
hasAdaptation radio dramatization
hasISBN 978-0-575-07480-3
hasPart Baby Is Three NERFINISHED
Morality
The Fabulous Idiot NERFINISHED
hasSubject outsiders and misfits
posthumanism
telekinesis
telepathy
teleportation
includedIn Science Fiction Hall of Fame-related classic lists
influenced later depictions of telepathic group minds in science fiction
language English
mainTheme emergence of a gestalt superhuman
ethics of superhuman abilities
human evolution
identity and otherness
telepathy and psychic powers
mediaType print
narrativeForm third-person narrative
notableFor early exploration of group-mind or gestalt consciousness in fiction
pageCount more than 200 pages
precededBy Baby Is Three NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1953
publisher Farrar, Straus and Young NERFINISHED
setting mid-20th-century United States
structure fix-up novel
subgenre psychological science fiction
social science fiction
timePeriodOfStory contemporary to early 1950s

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Theodore Sturgeon notableWork More Than Human