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Man Plus

By: Frederik Pohl
Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris, Robert J. Sawyer
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 Roger Torraway watched in horror as the monster lurched, toppled over and died. Project Man Plus had gone suddenly and drastically wrong. The race to colonize Mars was too important, too costly, and America was already too committed, for plans to be scrapped. They would have to make a new Martian. And Roger Torraway was it, candidate for the endless surgery, operation after painful operation, that would enable him to survive on that faraway planet.

Man Plus is a thrilling race against time - to land on Mars on schedule, to insure that Roger's system will withstand the stress that killed the previous candidate. And meanwhile, somewhere, somehow, there has been a breakdown in the computer network....

With the edge-of-the-chair excitement and suspense, four-time Hugo Award winner Frederik Pohl tells the story of the remaking of man into Man Plus, creating in Roger an unforgettable character, grotesque in appearance but totally human in feeling - capable of yearning, depression, love, jealousy, terror.

BONUS AUDIO: In an exclusive introduction, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer explains why Man Plus is one of science fiction's all-time greatest novels.

©1976 Frederik Pohl (P)2009 Audible, Inc. Science Fiction

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  • Nebula Award, Best Novel, 1977
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Man Plus is a great book. loved it when I read it years ago (twice). Audiobook is fabulous - loved it again.

Man Plus

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I read this book 35 years ago, as a teen, and I recall it was good but possibly a bit far fetched…. Listening to it now, in 3022 with the news full of AI, natural disasters and we have robots on Mars … it suddenly seems like a work of clairvoyance… and not so far fetched.

The narration takes a bit of getting used to. but in the end it won me over and the depth of the story is captivating.. Pohl was a true genius. Worth a listen!

Such an amazing and poignant story even in 2022

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A character, who it would be very easy to dislike, has horrible things done to him by an even more horrible group of characters. I can’t say that listening to this book was an entirely pleasurable experience but, having done so, I can’t stop thinking about it. Unpleasant and disturbing, yes. But in a good way, I think.

Unpleasant and Disturbing

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