The Whole Man

The Whole Man

Ballantine First Edition paperback cover
Author John Brunner
Country United States
Language English
Genre Science fiction novel
Publisher Ballantine Books
Publication date
1964
Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages 188 pp

The Whole Man is a 1964 science fiction novel by John Brunner. It was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1965.

This novel is often considered a turning point in Brunner's career, a step up from the space operas he'd been turning out as Ace Doubles and pointing towards the richer, more complex books exemplified by Quicksand and Stand on Zanzibar.

In the UK, it was published under the title Telepathist.

Plot summary

After a riot in a near-future England where telepathy has been discovered, the authorities discover Gerald Howson, a physically deformed youth with greater telepathic power than has ever been seen before. The novel details Howson's struggles to come to grips with his power and his deformity.

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