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The Sensitive Man - A Positronic Book
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9781515420958
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 72
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Poul Anderson's The Sensitive Man is a thoughtful work of classic science fiction exploring the hidden costs of extraordinary perception. In a future where scientific advancement has expanded the boundaries of human ability, one man possesses a gift-and a burden-that sets him apart from everyone else.
Michael Karageorge has been altered by experimental science to possess senses far beyond those of ordinary humans. Sounds, light, touch, and even emotional signals reach him with overwhelming intensity. What might seem like a miraculous enhancement quickly proves to be something far more complicated. His heightened awareness isolates him from society, transforming everyday life into a challenge that few others can understand.
Anderson uses this premise to explore themes of identity, adaptation, and the fragile relationship between humanity and its own technological ambitions. Blending psychological insight with speculative imagination, The Sensitive Man stands as a striking example of mid-twentieth-century science fiction's ability to examine the human condition through the lens of scientific possibility.
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