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Theodore Sturgeon's novel "More Than Human" is in the shadowland between
fantasy and science fiction.
The novel is about how some odd persons with supernatural powers are iwthdrawn and discovers that together they form a
very powerful lifeform
It received "The International Fantasy Award" 1954
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The Golden Age
The generation that had read "Amazing Stories" and "Astounding Stories" started eventually to write stories themselves. This lead to the so-called "The Golden Age" when many big authors and novels appeared: A.E. Van Vogt with "Slan" (1940), Isaac Asimov with "Foundation" (1951), Robert A. Heinlein with "Starship Troopers" (1959), "Stranger in a Strange Land" (1961), and Theodore Sturgeon with "More than human" (1953)Philip K. Dick most famous book is probably "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", 1968
which became a movie in 1982 and got the title "Blade Runner".
In
the 50s the authors Arthur C. Clarke
with "2001: a space odyssey" (1968), Fredric Pohl and Kurt Vonnegut with "The Sirens of Titan" ( 1959) appeared, and they are also considered to be part of the
"The Golden Age" generation.
Popular themes was "robots", "alternative worlds", "travel faster than light" and "encounters
with other lifeforms".
At the end of the 40's the next subject in sf was quite naturally all new possibilities that nuclear brought,
Books at Amazon.co.uk (Europe):
More Than Human
Slan
Foundation
Starship Troopers
Stranger in a Strange Land
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
2001: a space odyssey
The Sirens of Titan
Books at Amazon.com (USA):
More Than Human
Slan
Foundation
Starship Troopers
Stranger in a Strange Land
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
2001: a space odyssey
The Sirens of Titan