More Than Human
Sturgeon, Theodore
£15.00
More Than Human
By Theodore Sturgeon
Published by The Science Fiction Book Club by arrangement with Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1955. Hardback with dust jacket. Blue boards with red ground under the titles to the spine. Maroon & grey dust jacket. Approx size: 19cm H x 13cm W. 233pp. Title No.16 in the series which ran from 1953-1982.
Condition: Used. Very Good. All pages present; No tears; No inscriptions; Clean, bright, and tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Worn, with some chipping, open and closed tears to the edges, and a little loss around the spine.
A well regarded novel that picked up an International Fantasy award when first published and was later nominated for a Retro Hugo award in 2004. It is included in David Pringle’s Book ‘Science Fiction: 100 Best Novels’. According to British sci-fi authors Brian Aldiss and David Wingrove, “The novel transcends its own terms and becomes Sturgeon’s greatest statement of one of his obsessive themes, loneliness and how to cure it.” Recommended
Overall Condition: Good
Science Fiction/SciFi/20th C Fiction