Telepathy
During a time when rapid advancements began to seemingly blur the lines between technology and humanity, New Wave authors often imagined what the consequences would be if certain individuals or species were able to communicate telepathically, or from one mind to another by extrasensory means.
From Gerald Howson, the disabled protagonist of John Brunner's The Whole Man (1964), to the "bratty" Qumax, the rather absurd, telepathic worm that stars in Robert Margroff and Piers Anthony's 1970 The E.S.P. Worm (1970), the vibrant characters that populate the following texts experience enhanced abilities that run the gamut from completely uprooting their place in society, to inspiring a zany, intergalactic bounty hunt.
These differing depictions of telepathy, as well as the effects of such disparate abilities, continue to surprise, entertain, and lead us to consider the power dynamics, rapid advancements, and potential inequalities of our own times.
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The E.S.P. worm
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Robert Margroff
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Piers Anthony
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1970
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Science fiction.
Fiction.
Fiction.
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A prodigal worm. A telepathic, egotistical, totally unscrupulous little alien running away from his father becomes the biggest prize in the universe. Capture the slimy brat and win an entire planet.
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Paperback Library
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English
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The Whole Man
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John Brunner
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1964
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Telepathy.
Science fiction, English.
Outcasts.
Science fiction, English.
Outcasts > Outcasts / Fiction.
Telepathy > Telepathy / Fiction.
Science fiction.
Fiction.
Novels.
Science fiction.
Novels.
Fiction.
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Gerald Howson didn't look powerful. His body was deformed at birth, leaving him with a face so ugly people didn't want to look at him, and crippled legs that would never let him be as other men. But his mind was one in a billion -gifted with the ability to send and receive thoughts more powerfully than any other person of the face of the globe.
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Ballantine Books
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https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006818766
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English
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Ubik
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Philip K. Dick
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1969
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Cryonics > Cryonics / Fiction.
Death > Death / Fiction.
Businessmen > Businessmen / Fiction.
Telepathy > Telepathy / Fiction.
Des Moines (Iowa) > Des Moines (Iowa) / Fiction.
Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Science fiction.
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Glen Runciter's anti-psi security agency hires out its talents to block telepathic and paranormal crimes. But when its special team tackles a big job on the moon, something goes terribly wrong, and Runciter is seemingly killed. Now, his mourning employees are receiving bewildering messages from their boss on toilet walls, traffic tickets, product labels, and even U.S. coins.
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Dell
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English
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And Chaos died
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Joanna Russ
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1970
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Clairvoyance > Clairvoyance / Fiction.
Telepathy > Telepathy / Fiction.
Space colonies > Space colonies / Fiction.
Science fiction.
Science fiction.
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This Nebula Award-nominated "work of awesome originality" (Robert Silverberg) is a mind-blowing exploration of telepathy and power on an Earth-like planet. Earthman Jai Vedh was on a star voyage when his ship blew up, leaving him stranded on an uncharted Earth-like planet. In this strange new land, he's amazed to discover a colony of humans who lost contact with their home world centuries before. They've developed telepathy, telekinesis, and teleportation-and structured a sophisticated social system out of these abilities. Under the tutelage of a female mentor named Evne, Jai Vedh begins to develop his own mental powers. But when an unexpected rescue arrives, the Earth he returns to is nothing like he remembered ... Wildly imaginative, wholly original, and boldly experimental in form, And Chaos Died "is a spectacular experience to undergo" (Samuel R. Delany).
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Ace Pub. Corp.
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English
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Pstalemate
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Lester Del Rey
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1971
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Telepathy > Telepathy / Fiction.
Science fiction.
Fiction.
Fiction.
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Harry Bronson & Ellen Palermo had been orphaned when quite young. Attractive, intelligent children, they had grown into independent, resourceful adults. But as they matured, Harry & Ellen found they could read minds--and in New York, that proved a dangerous & frightening experience. Harry had always had the healt hy scepticism that any scientist brings to the subject of "supernatural powers," but soon even he was forced to admit that something extraordinary was happening. Then Harry discovered that he & Ellen- -lie all the gifted ones--were doomed to horrible, hoepless madness. But while he sought for a solution, his own unwelcome gifts proclaimed beyond a doubt that there was no solution!
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Berkley Pub. Corp.
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English
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Bridge of ashes
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Roger Zelazny
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1976
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Telepathy > Telepathy / Fiction.
Fiction.
Fiction.
Science fiction.
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Dennis Guise, the world's greatest telepath, is the planet Earth's last hope against an enemy that created the human race but will also destroy it.
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New American Library
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English
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The Jewels of Aptor
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Samuel R. Delany
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1962
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Poets, Fiction, Islands
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It is a post-atomic future and civilization has regressed to a Middle Age like world. Geo a young student and poet, takes a job on a boat with a strange passenger, a priestess of the goddess Argo. They are heading toward a land of mutants and high radiation, Aptor, to recapture her daughter who has been kidnapped by the forces of the dark god Hama.
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Ace Books
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SciFi Corpus
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https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102699458
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More Than Human
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Theodore Sturgeon
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1953
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Extrasensory perception, Fiction, Outcasts
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A group of remarkable social outcasts band together for survival and discover their combined powers renders them superhuman.
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Straus and Young with Ballantine Books
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SciFi Corpus
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https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005815294
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Under The Influence
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Geoffrey Kerr
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1953
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Fantasy fiction.
Extrasensory perception.
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It all began quietly enough in the railway carriage. Arthur Rawlings was dying for a cigarette, when suddenly young Harry Browne offered him his pack. But Rawlings hadn't said a word to Harry... Harry could read minds all right- but only under a certain condition: he had to be drunk to do it... Then Harry read the mind of a murderer and his troubles really began...
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Berkley Pub. Corp.
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SciFi Corpus
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https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102699466
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English
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The Ganymede Takeover
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Philip K. Dick and Ray Nelson.
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1967
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Extraterrestrial beings.
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Earth has been taken over by the Ganymedians, a race of telepathic worm-like aliens whose instinct for survival has overridden any human attempt to resist their rule. But there is one man who may have discovered a way to defeat them. Dr Balkani has created a machine which distorts reality, and therefore will allow a determined human to avoid the Ganymedians' telepathic oversight. But there is one problem - Balkani is a worm-kisser, a servant of the invaders, and may not allow his invention to be used against them.
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Ace Books
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SciFi Corpus
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https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000330158
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English
