Comments on: I am looking for a science fiction book called Almost Human.? http://dcs-svt.com/i-am-looking-for-a-science-fiction-book-called-almost-human.html Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:15:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: M.Styles http://dcs-svt.com/i-am-looking-for-a-science-fiction-book-called-almost-human.html/comment-page-1#comment-672 M.Styles Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:20:27 +0000 http://dcs-svt.com/i-am-looking-for-a-science-fiction-book-called-almost-human.html#comment-672 Not positive but there are a few on eBay maybe you could tell if it's the correct one bc they have photos of the cover of the book Not positive but there are a few on eBay maybe you could tell if it’s the correct one bc they have photos of the cover of the book

]]> By: davches http://dcs-svt.com/i-am-looking-for-a-science-fiction-book-called-almost-human.html/comment-page-1#comment-671 davches Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:33:56 +0000 http://dcs-svt.com/i-am-looking-for-a-science-fiction-book-called-almost-human.html#comment-671 More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon? (This was the first sci-fi book I read and I still think it's the best) GREAT WRITING Sturgeon was a thinker with a tremendous imagination. I caught myself grinning often at several of his lines, at how he avoided clichés and gave fresh ideas to simple scenes and concepts. In the first section, "The Idiot," I was reminded of the opening of Faulkner's `The Sound and the Fury.' (Yes, comparing Sturgeon to Faulkner is NOT a stretch!) The way Sturgeon gets inside Lone's head and lives there is amazing. Wonderful writing that still reads with freshness 50 years later. GREAT IDEAS Six misfit outcasts, each with a unique gift, form a new step in man's evolution, a gestalt of unbelievable power. I won't go into the social, political, and moral implications of such an idea (Read the book), but the concept by itself is interesting. What Sturgeon does with it is fascinating. More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon?
(This was the first sci-fi book I read and I still think it’s the best)

GREAT WRITING
Sturgeon was a thinker with a tremendous imagination. I caught myself grinning often at several of his lines, at how he avoided clichés and gave fresh ideas to simple scenes and concepts. In the first section, “The Idiot,” I was reminded of the opening of Faulkner’s `The Sound and the Fury.’ (Yes, comparing Sturgeon to Faulkner is NOT a stretch!) The way Sturgeon gets inside Lone’s head and lives there is amazing. Wonderful writing that still reads with freshness 50 years later.

GREAT IDEAS
Six misfit outcasts, each with a unique gift, form a new step in man’s evolution, a gestalt of unbelievable power. I won’t go into the social, political, and moral implications of such an idea (Read the book), but the concept by itself is interesting. What Sturgeon does with it is fascinating.

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