Title: More Than Human Title Record # 1499
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Date: 1953-00-00
Type: NOVEL
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Other Titles

Translations	Serializations	Translated Serializations
Year Language Title 1955ⓘTranslated by José Valdivieso Spanish Más que humano 1957ⓘTranslated by Michel Chrestien. French Les plus qu'humains 1960ⓘTranslated by Alexandre S. Kleist Portuguese Mais que humanos 1963ⓘTranslated by 矢野徹 (Tetsu Yano). Japanese 人間以上?Ningen ijō Ningen ijou Ningen ijo [as by シオドア・スタージョン?Shiodoa Sutājon ] 1968ⓘTranslated by Branko Petrović Serbian Više nego ljudski [as by Teodor Sterdžen] 1970ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm (1970; it's the same translation as with the first German edition) German Baby ist drei 1970ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm German Die neue Macht der Welt 1974 Italian Nascita del superuomo 1977ⓘTranslated by Jaime Martijn Dutch Meer dan menselijk 1988ⓘTranslated by Pekka Markkula Finnish Enemmän kuin ihminen 1988ⓘTranslated by Paula Reis Portuguese Mais que humanos 1990ⓘTranslated by F. Nagy Piroska, 1990 Hungarian Több mint emberi 1990 Hungarian Több mint emberi 1994ⓘTranslated by Mirela Baltă and Nicolae Baltă Romanian Mai mult decât oameni?Mai mult decat oameni Mai mult decit oameni 2001ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm and Birgit Will. The translation is based on the previous, heavily abridged translation by Walter Brumm, which was complemented, partly re-translated and completely revised in 2001 by Birgit Will based on the 2000 Gollancz edition. German Die Ersten ihrer Art 2008ⓘTranslated by Miguel Romeira Portuguese Mais que humano	Year Title 1978 More Than Human (Part 1 of 3) 1978 More Than Human (Part 2 of 3) 1978 More Than Human (Part 3 of 3)	Year Language Title 1954ⓘTranslated by Bruna Del Bianco Italian Nascita del superuomo (Complete Novel)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1954 IFA	Fiction
9	1975 Locus	All-Time Best Novel
12	1987 Locus	All-Time Best SF Novel
13	1998 Locus	All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990
5	2004 Retro Hugo	Best Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
More Than Human	1953-00-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Farrar, Straus and Young		$2.00?$: US dollar	233	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
More Than Human	1953-10-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Farrar, Straus and Young with Ballantine Books	46	$0.35?$: US dollar	233+ [1]	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Richard Powers
More Than Human	1954-00-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Gollancz		12/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	233	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
More Than Human	1955-09-00	Theodore Sturgeon	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	16	4/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	233	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	C. W. Bacon
More Than Human	1960-01-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Ballantine Books	462K	$0.35?$: US dollar	188	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Richard Powers
More Than Human	1965-02-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Ballantine Books	U2231	$0.50?$: US dollar	188	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Richard Powers
More Than Human	1965-07-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Penguin Books	2309	3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	234+ [1]	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
More Than Human	1968-11-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Ballantine Books	72009	$0.75?$: US dollar	188	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
More Than Human	1970-01-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Ballantine Books	01828	$0.75?$: US dollar	188	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Robert Pepper
More Than Human	1971-03-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Ballantine Books	345-02199-9	$0.95?$: US dollar	188	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Robert Pepper
More Than Human	1971-03-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Ballantine Books	345-02199-9	C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar	188	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Robert Pepper
More Than Human	1972-00-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Gollancz	0-575-01458-X	£1.50?£: UK pound	233	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
A Science Fiction Argosy	1972-03-00	ed. Damon Knight	Simon & Schuster	0-671-21126-9	$9.95?$: US dollar	828	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Wendell Minor
A Science Fiction Argosy	1972-05-00	ed. Damon Knight	Simon & Schuster / SFBC	2710	$3.98?$: US dollar	xii+ 819	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Wendell Minor
More Than Human	1972-06-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Ballantine Books	0-345-02756-6	$1.25?$: US dollar	188	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Richard Powers
More Than Human	1972-10-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Ballantine Books	0-345-02756-6	C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar	188	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Richard Powers
A Science Fiction Argosy	1973-04-00	ed. Damon Knight	Gollancz	0-575-01520-9	£?£: UK pound	832	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
More Than Human	1973-06-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers (Corgi SF Collector's Library)	0-552-09239-8	£0.35?£: UK pound	222	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
More Than Human	1973-07-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers (Corgi SF Collector's Library)	0-552-09239-8	£0.35?£: UK pound	222	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
More Than Human	1975-02-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Ballantine Books	0-345-24389-7	$1.50?$: US dollar	188	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Lee Rosenblatt
More Than Human	1975-10-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Garland Publishing (Garland Library of Science Fiction)	0-8240-1438-3	$11.00?$: US dollar	188	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
More Than Human	1976-09-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Ballantine Books	0-345-24389-7	$1.50?$: US dollar	188	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Lee Rosenblatt
More Than Human	1978-03-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Farrar, Straus and Giroux / SFBC	2155	$1.98?$: US dollar	186	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Gary Viskupic
Heavy Metal, June 1978	1978-06-00	ed. Sean Kelly, Valerie Marchant	HM Communications, Inc.		$1.50?$: US dollar	96	quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag	Joe Jusko
Heavy Metal, July 1978	1978-07-00	ed. Sean Kelly, Valerie Marchant	HM Communications, Inc.		$1.50?$: US dollar	96	quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag	Caza
Heavy Metal, August 1978	1978-08-00	ed. Sean Kelly, Valerie Marchant	HM Communications, Inc.		$1.50?$: US dollar	96	quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag	Clyde Caldwell
More Than Human	1981-06-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-29406-8	$2.25?$: US dollar	188	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Derek James
More Than Human	1981-07-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-29406-8	C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar	188	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Derek James
More Than Human	1981-10-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Del Rey / Ballantine (Del Rey Gold Seal Selection)	0-345-29886-1	$5.95?$: US dollar	197	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Paul Giovanopoulous
More Than Human	1984-02-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31837-4		188	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
More Than Human	1985-03-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-32721-7		188	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
More Than Human	1986-01-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Farrar, Straus and Giroux / SFBC	02155		186	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Gary Viskupic
More Than Human	1986-01-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Thorndike Press	02155		359	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Gary Viskupic
More Than Human	1986-03-27	Theodore Sturgeon	Gollancz (Gollancz Classic SF #2)	0-575-03821-7	£2.95?£: UK pound	233	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Peter Goodfellow
More Than Human	1989-00-00	Theodore Sturgeon	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)			[16]+ 233+ [2]	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
More Than Human	1990-00-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Ballantine Books	0-345-32721-7	$3.95?$: US dollar	188	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
More Than Human	1992-10-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Carroll & Graf (Masters of Science Fiction (Carroll & Graf))	0-88184-918-9	$3.95?$: US dollar	233	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
More Than Human	1993-06-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Thorndike Press	1-56054-588-7		359	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
More Than Human	1997-06-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Vista	0-575-60207-4	£5.99?£: UK pound	233	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Splash
More Than Human	1999-01-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Vintage Books	0-375-70371-3	$11.00?$: US dollar	186	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Kevin Irby
More Than Human	2000-04-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Millennium / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #28)	1-85798-852-3	£6.99?£: UK pound	233	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Fred Gambino
More Than Human	2003-00-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #28)	1-85798-852-3	£6.99?£: UK pound	233+ [1]	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
More Than Human	2004-12-00	Theodore Sturgeon	Buccaneer Books	0-89968-371-1	$18.95?$: US dollar		hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
More Than Human	2011-09-29	Theodore Sturgeon	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-11010-6	£4.99?£: UK pound		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1953-1956	2012-09-27	Gary K. Wolfe	The Library of America (The Library of America #227)	978-1-59853-158-9	$35.00?$: US dollar	803	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Richard M. Powers
American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s	2012-09-27	Gary K. Wolfe	The Library of America	978-1-59853-157-2	$70.00?$: US dollar	803+ 835	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Richard M. Powers
More Than Human	2013-04-30	Theodore Sturgeon	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-4532-9541-0	$11.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Mauricio Diaz
More Than Human	2013-04-30	Theodore Sturgeon	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-4804-1054-1	$11.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Mauricio Diaz
More Than Human	date unknown	Theodore Sturgeon	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-85798-852-9	£6.99?£: UK pound	240	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
More Than Human	date unknown	Theodore Sturgeon	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-85798-852-9	£?£: UK pound	233	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore

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Reviews

• Review by The Editors (1954) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1954
• Review by Groff Conklin (1954) in Galaxy Science Fiction, March 1954
• Review by Robert Frazier (I) (1954) in Fantastic Universe, May 1954
• Review by Damon Knight (1954) in Future Science Fiction, June 1954
• Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1954) in Astounding Science Fiction, June 1954 , reprinted in:
•     Astounding Science Fiction, November 1954 (UK) (1954)
• Review by Leslie Flood (1954) in New Worlds Science Fiction, #29 November 1954
• Review [French] by Igor B. Maslowski (1957) in Fiction, #42
• Review by Michael Moorcock [as by James Colvin] (1965) in New Worlds SF, November 1965
• Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1970) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1970
• Review by Bruce Gillespie (1975) in SF Commentary, #41/42
• Review by Baird Searles (1975) in The Science Fiction Review, March 1975
• Review by L. David Allen (1975) in The Ballantine Teachers' Guide to Science Fiction , reprinted in:
•     The Ballantine Teachers' Guide to Science Fiction (1976)
•     The Ballantine Teachers' Guide to Science Fiction (1978)
• Review by Baird Searles (1975) in The Science Fiction Review Monthly, October 1975
• Review by L. David Allen (1975) in The Ballantine Teachers' Guide to Science Fiction, (1978)
• Review by Spider Robinson (1976) in Galaxy, January 1976
• Review by Bob Mecoy (1979) in Future Life, December 1979
• Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
• Review by David Pringle (1985) in Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels , reprinted in:
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1985)
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1986)
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1987)
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1997)
•     Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (2014)
• Review by Ken Lake (1986) in Vector 132
• Review by Mark Greener (1986) in Paperback Inferno, #61
• Review by Bruce Gillespie (1989) in SF Commentary, #67
• Review by Baird Searles (1993) in Asimov's Science Fiction, January 1993
• Review by Chris Hill (2000) in Vector 212
• Review [Spanish] by Antonio Rivas (2001) in Las 100 mejores novelas de ciencia ficción del siglo XX
• Review [German] by Hardy Kettlitz (2003) in Alien Contact, Jahrbuch #1 2002
• Review by Darrell Bain (2005) in My 100 Most Readable (and Re-Readable) Science Fiction Novels
• Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2006) in 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels , reprinted in:
•     100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (2007)
•     100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (unknown)
• Review by Graham Sleight (2010) in Locus, #595 August 2010
• Review by Victoria Strauss (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1