More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon

This tale is as mind-blowing as any controlled substance and as affecting as a glimpse into a stranger’s soul. More Than Human audiobook, by Theodore Sturgeon. As they struggle to discover whether they are meant to help humanity or destroy it, Sturgeon explores questions of power and morality, individuality and belonging, with suspense, pathos, and a lyricism rarely seen in science fiction. Together, they may represent the next step in evolution-or the final chapter in the history of the human race. There’s Baby, who invented an antigravity engine while still in the cradle, and Gerry, who has everything it takes to run the world except for a conscience. There’s Lone, the simpleton who can hear other people’s thoughts Janie, who moves things without touching them and the teleporting twins, who can travel ten feet or ten miles. In this genre-bending novel, among the first to have launched science fiction into literature, a group of remarkable social outcasts band together for survival and discover that their combined powers render them superhuman.