The Whole Man
#5124 of 8,085 books · #1050 in Science Fiction
Shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Novel (1965).
Gerald Howson is the world's most powerful telepath, but also experiences the pain of multiple physical birth defects. He cannot access the benefits of advanced medical science which has the capacity to regrow body parts or supply artificial replacements. He escapes into a fantasy world of the mind and may take others along with him.
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- ISBN-13
- 9780006146117
- Genre
- Topics
- Telepathy and psychic powerDisability and physical sufferingEscapism and inner fantasy worlds
Awards
- Hugo Award for Best NovelShortlisted(1965)
Other awarded books from John Brunner
- Stand on Zanzibar (1968)2 wins · 19 score
- The Jagged Orbit (2014)1 win · 11 score
- The Sheep Look Up (1977)0 wins · 3 score
- The Squares of the City (1965)0 wins · 3 score
- Children of the Thunder (2014)0 wins · 2 score
- The Crucible of Time (1983)0 wins · 2 score
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