The Whole Man

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The Whole Man
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Ballantine First Edition paperback cover
Author John Brunner
LanguageEnglish
Genre Science fiction novel
Publisher Ballantine Books
Publication date
1964
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages188 pp

The Whole Man is a 1964 science fiction novel by John Brunner. It was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1965. In the UK, it was published under the title Telepathist.

Contents

This novel is often considered a turning point in Brunner's career, a step up from the space operas he'd been turning out as Ace Doubles and pointing towards the richer, more complex books exemplified by Quicksand and Stand on Zanzibar .

The book is a fix-up novel based on three earlier stories:

Plot summary

After an unspecified crisis in a near-future England where telepathy has been discovered, the authorities discover Gerald Howson, a physically deformed youth with greater telepathic power than has ever been seen before. The novel details Howson's struggles to come to grips with his power and his deformity.

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