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More Than Human

Theodore Sturgeon

First published October 1953
Type Novel

A novel based on the previously published novella Baby Is Three (1952). The three novella-length parts are titled:
  • Part One: The Fabulous Idiot
  • Part Two: Baby Is Three
  • Part Three: Morality

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1954 International Fantasy Award Fiction Winner
1975 Locus Poll Award All-Time Best Novel Nominee/Finalist
1987 Locus Poll Award All-Time Best SF Novel Nominee/Finalist
1998 Locus Poll Award All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990 Nominee/Finalist
2004 Retro Hugo Award Best Novel Nominee/Finalist
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Science Fiction Novel Nominee/Finalist

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1953 Cover More Than Human Farrar, Straus and Young with Ballantine Books Novel 1
October 1953 Cover More Than Human Farrar, Straus and Young Novel
1954 Cover More Than Human Gollancz Novel
September 1955 More Than Human The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Novel
January 1960 Cover More Than Human Ballantine Books Novel 1
February 1965 Cover More Than Human Ballantine Books Novel
July 1965 Cover More Than Human Penguin Books Novel 9
November 1968 Cover More Than Human Ballantine Books Novel 1
January 1970 Cover More Than Human Ballantine Books Novel
March 1971 Cover More Than Human Ballantine Books Novel 1
March 1971 Cover More Than Human Ballantine Books Novel 1
1972 Cover More Than Human Gollancz Novel
March 1972 Cover A Science Fiction Argosy Simon & Schuster Anthology 653
May 1972 Cover A Science Fiction Argosy Simon & Schuster / SFBC Anthology 642
June 1972 Cover More Than Human Ballantine Books Novel
October 1972 Cover More Than Human Ballantine Books Novel
April 1973 Cover A Science Fiction Argosy Gollancz Anthology
June 1973 Cover More Than Human Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Novel 9
July 1973 Cover More Than Human Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Novel
February 1975 Cover More Than Human Ballantine Books Novel 1
October 1975 More Than Human Garland Publishing Novel
September 1976 Cover More Than Human Ballantine Books Novel 1
March 1978 Cover More Than Human Farrar, Straus and Giroux / SFBC Novel 1
November 1978 Cover More Than Human Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
June 1981 Cover More Than Human Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
July 1981 Cover More Than Human Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
October 1981 Cover More Than Human Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 3
February 1984 More Than Human Del Rey / Ballantine Novel
March 1985 More Than Human Del Rey / Ballantine Novel
January 1986 Cover More Than Human Farrar, Straus and Giroux / SFBC Novel 1
January 1986 Cover More Than Human Thorndike Press Novel
March 1986 Cover More Than Human Gollancz Novel
1989 Cover More Than Human The Easton Press Novel 1|3
1990 More Than Human Ballantine Books Novel
October 1992 Cover More Than Human Carroll & Graf Novel 3
June 1993 Cover More Than Human Thorndike Press Novel
June 1997 Cover More Than Human Vista Novel
January 1999 Cover More Than Human Vintage Books Novel 1
April 2000 Cover More Than Human Millennium / Orion Novel
2003 Cover More Than Human Gollancz / Orion Novel
December 2004 More Than Human Buccaneer Books Novel
March 2009 Cover More Than Human Blackstone Audio Novel
2010 Cover More Than Human Playaway Digital Audio Novel
June 2010 Cover More Than Human Blackstone Audio Novel
September 2011 Cover More Than Human Gateway / Orion Novel
September 2012 Cover American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1953-1956 The Library of America Omnibus 157
September 2012 Cover American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s The Library of America Omnibus 157|2
April 2013 Cover More Than Human Open Road Integrated Media Novel
April 2013 Cover More Than Human Open Road Integrated Media Novel
April 2023 Cover More Than Human Tantor Audio Novel
April 2023 Cover More Than Human Blackstone Publishing Novel
April 2023 Cover More Than Human Blackstone Publishing Novel
April 2023 Cover More Than Human Tantor Media Novel