More Than Human by Theodore SturgeonMy review
rating: 5 of 5 stars
Lone is a fabulous idiot - a simple homeless man who realises that he has strange, telepathic powers. He draws to himself a collection of other individuals with similar abilities including Bonnie and Beanie, mute twins who can teleport, Janie - a telekinetic and finally Baby, the strangest of them all. Together they learn to "Blesh", to blend and mesh their abilities, to become a gestalt entity, something new, something more than human.
This is a superb book, probably one of the best science fiction novels of all time. It explores the ideas of what it means to be human, memory and consciousness, the next steps in evolution and the morality and ethos that a new entity will require. It is made up of three linked novellas - The Fabulous Idiot, Baby is Three and Morality - that logically enough form something more than the sum of their parts.
Highly recommended.
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