Mutants
by Gordon R. Dickson
Reviewed date: 2004 Dec 28
224 pages
Reviewed date: 2004 Dec 28
224 pages
Mutants is a decent collection. I liked Warrior, Danger--Human!, and Rehabilitated. By New Hearth Fires was good too.
- Warrior: Commandant Ian Graeme comes to Earth to avenge the death of one of his men, Brian Kenebuck.
- Of The People: A superman must remain with men.
- Danger--Human!: Eldridge Timothy Parker is abducted by aliens and held captive in a cage surrounded by a moat of acid.
- Rehabilitated: A lazy drunkard is taken into an institution, given therapy to unlock his latent talent, and sent off to the outer planets.
- Listen: A little boy finds he has more in common with the indigenous Mirians than with his human parents.
- Roofs of Silver: Jabe goes native.
- By New Hearth Fires: The world's last dog has lost the will to live.
- Idiot Solvant: Science breaks down the barrier between the conscious mind and the unconscious problem-solving mind.
- The Immortal: A 200-year old ship is returning to Earth--with a survivor still alive on board.
- Miss Prinks: A chance visit by a creature from another dimension gives Miss Prinks superpowers.
- Home From The Shore: The people of the sea are oppressed by the Landers.