Five essays on abandoned children becoming one life, members reduced to organs, the child called Baby, Gerry’s violence, and the danger of assigning conscience to a single person.
Theodore Sturgeon's 1953 work More Than Human. Every essay in this series discusses the complete story and contains full spoilers.
Their shared mind begins as shelter for lives no household would receive, but mutual need can nourish people only if belonging is not made impossible to leave.
The organ metaphor explains close coordination, but it becomes dangerous when a role in the group replaces a member’s separate body, development, and voice.
Hidden ability exposes the poverty of other people’s judgment, but dignity cannot depend on discovering a spectacular talent beneath a disabled appearance.
His fear grows from real childhood abuse, but telepathic power lets him turn a particular stranger into a risk category and erase a life without public evidence.
His judgment adds something the group lacked, but treating ethics as a specialized organ lets everyone else obey while one person carries the burden of saying no.
五篇从被抛下的孩子组成共同生命、成员沦为器官、被叫作“婴儿”的计算者、格里的伤害与希普的良心出发,读整体怎样强大却不吞掉其中的人。
西奥多·斯特金作品。本系列各篇均涉及完整剧情。
被家庭与社会抛下的孩子为什么只能先组成一个共同生命。
当珍妮、双胞胎和婴儿分别成为手脚与大脑,他们还是完整的人吗。
“婴儿”被看作不会成长的孩子,为什么恰恰承担最高计算能力。
格里为了保护共同体摧毁希普,集体安全能否免除个人责任。
希普成为“良心”以后,群体道德能不能只交给一个成员。
五篇從被拋下的孩子組成共同生命、成員淪為器官、被叫作「嬰兒」的計算者、格裡的傷害與希普的良心出發,讀整體怎樣強大卻不吞掉其中的人。
西奧多·斯特金作品。本系列各篇均涉及完整劇情。
被家庭與社會拋下的孩子為什麼只能先組成一個共同生命。
當珍妮、雙胞胎和嬰兒分別成為手腳與大腦,他們還是完整的人嗎。
「嬰兒」被看作不會成長的孩子,為什麼恰恰承擔最高計算能力。
格裡為了保護共同體摧毀希普,集體安全能否免除個人責任。
希普成為「良心」以後,群體道德能不能只交給一個成員。