![]() ![]() ![]() Unless they can come to terms with their unlimited powers and live peaceably among other humans, their existence may overwhelm all of humanity. ![]() Also a very confrontational style of therapy). Their symbiosis results in the next step of human evolution as they become homo Gestalt(German term for "the whole is more than the sum of its parts". His cave becomes a haven for a group of children who also have paranormal powers (telepathy, telekinesis, teleportation, and telecognition-not a real word, but it will suffice) and they combine their powers to survive and live as one unit. After a tragic loss, and through a series of interactions with a simple couple who take him in, he learns to speak and work, and builds a little shelter for himself in the woods. Too savage to beg or steal, his telepathic abilities aid his survival by beckoning strangers to feed him. Lone is a homeless indigent, a feral man who lives in the woods. Instead, Sturgeon gives us something even more quintessentially fifties– an exploration of the paranormal mental powers of humanity. Perhaps something similar to its infamously terrible contemporary, the 1954 Hugo winner They'd Rather Be Right, in which people become perfect after interface with a machine. Between the cover art and the title, Theodore Sturgeon's More Than Humanmight first appear to be about cybernetic- or genetically-enhanced human potential, in which the main character, maybe an athlete, is endowed by science to be stronger and smarter than the rest of humanity. ![]()
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![]() The trilogy follows the story of three main characters – Nadya, a cleric who talks to gods she can no longer hear, Serefin, a prince whose country has long been at war with Nadya’s and Malachiasz, a deeply disturbed boy who either wants to destroy the gods or become one, we’re still not quite sure on that point. It clocks in at nearly five hundred pages and you’ll still be hard pressed to put it down once you start. It’s not particularly hopeful, it’s distinctly gory in a way that few YA offerings of its kind are willing to even attempt and its trio of “heroes” are often anything but. The novel is a complex, messy story of betrayal and heartbreak, war and death. Ruthless Gods is the second installment in what is titled the “Something Dark and Holy” trilogy, and it basically takes everything readers loved about the first book and just turns it up to the most disturbing of elevens. Duncan’s Wicked Saintswas one of the most original YA fantasies released last year, a dark and disturbing tale of blood magic, vengeful gods and tortured relationships. ![]() Duncan’s chilling Wicked Saints deserves – even darker, bloodier and even more complicated.Įmily A. ![]() ![]() By Lacy Baugher 3 years ago Ruthless Gods is every bit the sequel that Emily A. ![]() ![]() About the Book From the time of the ancient Greeks through the present time, this historical overview of cosmology is told by one of the most famous and fascinating scientists today.īook Synopsis #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Published more than two decades ago to great critical acclaim and commercial success, A Brief History of Time has become a landmark volume in science writing. ![]() |