The Hampdenshire Wonder (MIT Press / Radium Age)
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- Synopsis
- In this pioneering science-fictional treatment of superhuman intelligence, a mutant wonder child&’s insights prove devastating.Science fiction luminary Ted Chiang introduces The Hampdenshire Wonder, one of the genre&’s first treatments of superhuman intelligence. Victor Stott is a large-headed &“supernormal&” mutated in the womb by his parents&’ desire to have a child born without habits. Known as &“the Wonder,&” Victor surveys humankind&’s science, philosophy, history, literature, religion—the best that has been thought and said—and dismisses it brutally: &“So elementary . . . inchoate . . . a disjunctive patchwork.&” Rejecting &“the interposing and utterly false concepts of space and time,&” the Wonder claims that life itself is merely &“a disease of the ether.&” Unable to deal with the child&’s disenchanting insights, his adult interlocutors seek to silence him . . . perhaps permanently.
- Copyright:
- 2025
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 282 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780262381840
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780262551410
- Publisher:
- MIT Press
- Date of Addition:
- 03/04/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Introduction by:
- Ted Chiang