2011 Reading #69: Baby Is Three: Volume VI: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon
Books 1-10.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
Books 41-50.
Books 51-60.
61. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris.
62. Rules for Radicals by Saul D. Alinsky.
63. Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin.
64. Redemption In Indigo by Karen Lord.
65. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
66. James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest by Michael P. Malone.
67. Meeks: A Novel by Julia Holmes.
68. Fagin the Jew: A Graphic Novel by Will Eisner.
69. Baby Is Three: Volume VI: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon. The highlight of this volume is definitely the title story, which also forms the middle third of Sturgeon's masterpiece novel More Than Human. It's interesting to think about the story in the larger context of the period of the '50s and '60s, when the prevailing opinion in SF seemed to be that the next stage in human evolution was going to be psychic abilities. The echoes of that are still there, although I don't feel like I see them nearly to the extent that I did in the '80s, but we seem to have decided that we are stuck with ourselves and that the Singularity is what's going to change us. I like Sturgeon's version better, of a humanity developing not through technology, but through--telepathy, teleportation, telekinesis, yes, but also community. I think I should read More Than Human again.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
Books 41-50.
Books 51-60.
61. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris.
62. Rules for Radicals by Saul D. Alinsky.
63. Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin.
64. Redemption In Indigo by Karen Lord.
65. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
66. James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest by Michael P. Malone.
67. Meeks: A Novel by Julia Holmes.
68. Fagin the Jew: A Graphic Novel by Will Eisner.
69. Baby Is Three: Volume VI: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon. The highlight of this volume is definitely the title story, which also forms the middle third of Sturgeon's masterpiece novel More Than Human. It's interesting to think about the story in the larger context of the period of the '50s and '60s, when the prevailing opinion in SF seemed to be that the next stage in human evolution was going to be psychic abilities. The echoes of that are still there, although I don't feel like I see them nearly to the extent that I did in the '80s, but we seem to have decided that we are stuck with ourselves and that the Singularity is what's going to change us. I like Sturgeon's version better, of a humanity developing not through technology, but through--telepathy, teleportation, telekinesis, yes, but also community. I think I should read More Than Human again.