Wilmar H. Shiras (1908–1990)
Autore di Children of the Atom
Sull'Autore
Opere di Wilmar H. Shiras
Opening Doors 3 copie
Slow Dawning 2 copie
New Foundations 1 copia
Problems 1 copia
Galerij der giganten 6 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time (1973) — Collaboratore — 796 copie
The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin: A Library… (2018) — Collaboratore — 229 copie
Science Fiction Omnibus: The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949, 1950 (1952) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Shiras, Wilmar House
- Altri nomi
- Howes, Jane
- Data di nascita
- 1908-09-23
- Data di morte
- 1990-12-23
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Alameda, California, USA
- Istruzione
- Boston University
University of California, Berkeley - Attività lavorative
- translator
science fiction writer
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 9
- Opere correlate
- 10
- Utenti
- 217
- Popolarità
- #102,846
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 9
- ISBN
- 7
- Lingue
- 1
I went into this blind having picked up the Science Fiction Book Club 1959 hardcover edition which does not contain any blurb or description, so all I new was it was published in the 50s and science fiction, probably involving atomic energy on some level. With memories of the faction by the same name in the Fallout game series I thought I'd give it a look and see if there's any relation - there's not.
The book centres around a school psychologist Peter Welles and a student who a concerned teacher refers to him, Tim. It turns out that Tim's problem isn't a problem per se but rather that he's extremely intelligent and unable to relate to others well, spending a good amount of time hiding his true intellect. It's from here we learn that Tim's parents were killed in an atomic explosion and he's somewhat of a mutant with the side effect of his radiation exposure being a higher than usual intellect.
The story then goes on as Peter Welles forms a school for these mutant gifted children (bit of xmen deja vu here) and collects other children who were effected by the atomic explosion and are mutants also.
Overall, it was alright, not particularly enthralling and the dialogue is cumbersome in parts with the author becoming a little preachy at times. I found the first chapter In Hiding was the best part of the book, with the final chapter being my least favourite chapter. If you like classic science fiction it's worth reading just for completions sake as it was ranked as the 14th most significant science fiction books by the SF Book Club.… (altro)