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Theodore Sturgeon
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More Than Human |
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No copies available |
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Hardcover |
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186 |
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1978-03-01 |
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B001KNC5O0 |
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux / SFBC |
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0.2 pounds |
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5.8 x 8.3 x 0.8 inches |
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Book Club Edition |
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2 Jennifer Mitsu (USA: MA), Jonathan May (USA: AL) |
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2 izzygoneyett (USA: VA), Jon Maloney (USA: NC) |
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Product 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 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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