Man Plus (Paperback, New Ed)

A man-on-Mars project, set against darkening threats of global war, that involves removing or replacing most of a human body to create a "Martian" able to withstand alien atmospheric conditions. The first man to submit to this grotesque torture dies in the process; the second is Roger Torraway, dimly starting to realize his wife's unfaithfulness while a team of experts, including her lover, baby him through the complex rebuilding of every sense and data-interpreting function. Meanwhile, another shadowy presence silently monitors the entire precarious project. . . . Pohl, a pro's pro, produces a rapid, slick narrative held together by the finely imagined situation of the bewildered, cuckolded Roger. (Kirkus Reviews)

The award-winning account of a man changed beyond all recognition so that he can be part of a bold experiment to live on Mars Ill luck made Roger Torraway the subject of the Man Plus Programme, but it was deliberate biological engineering which turned him into a monster - a machine perfectly adapted to survive on Mars. For according to computer predictions, Mars is humankind's only alternative to extinction. But beneath his monstrous exterior, Torraway still carries a man's capacity for suffering.

General

Imprint:	Gollancz
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	S.F. Masterworks
Release date:	May 2000
Authors:	Frederik Pohl
Dimensions:	197 x 129 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	215
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-85798-946-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Science fiction
LSN:	1-85798-946-5
Barcode:	9781857989465

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