MixedSo, I really didn't mind this story. I thought it was just filled witha little bit more cliches and obvious stereotypes that were probably notcliches and stereotypes at the time.
They’d rather be right (1954)
Creators: Mixed One of 3 novels by early Hugo winner Mark Clifton, exploring ideas re closed vs. open mind, individual vs. group thinking
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DislikedI went into it anyway just hurting my loins just kind of expecting this grotesque crime against the written word or something and really kind of what I got was a technically competent right I mean the words were all there and it was and it was written very much in the style of I guess 50s Pulp SF readable but once you got further and further into it would it wasn't good but it wasn't good in interesting ways
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John BrunnerGerald Howson had twisted legs and spine. His face was so ugly even his mother didn't want to look at him. But his telepathic talent was the stongest ever found. Many telepaths created a world of imagination and locked themselves into it until dying of hunger and thirst. Others used the gift to heal victims of psychological trauma. Howson tried the first when just coming into his talent. Then he was successful as a healer, but that did not bring the respect and acceptance he craved. Howson's third choice made him a whole man.
John Brunner was a Hugo Award winner, and this book was a Hugo Award finalist for best novel of the year. 'Nuf said.
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