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Odd John

Olaf Stapledon (1935)

SubgenreHard SF
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG
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John Wainwright is a freak—a human mutation with an extraordinary intelligence which is both awesome and frightening to all who come into contact with him. Ordinary humans were just playthings to John—subjects for an endless chain of experiments. Their feelings, and sometimes even their lives, are expendable. Odd John has a plan—to create a new order on Earth, a new supernormal species. But the world is not ready for such a change...