Also published as: The Synthetic Man

Author: Theodore Sturgeon Year: 1950 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science fiction, Fantasy, Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads Barns&Noble OpenLibrary Google Books eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780375703737 9780575071407 037570373X 0575071400

Eight-year-old Horty Bluett is mocked by his classmates & abused by his adoptive parents until the day his father severs three of his fingers. He runs away, taking only a gem-eyed doll he calls Junky, & joins a carnival. Finding acceptance at last, Horty never dreams that Junky is more than a toy, nor does he realize that a threat far greater than his cruel father inhabits the carnival & has been searching for Horty longer than he has been alive. This is the strange tale of Horty, a little boy who ran away from home and took refuge in the bizarre world of the carnival. With him went his favorite toy - an old jack-in-the-box whose jewelled eyes sparkled and shone, hypnotic in their brilliance. And among the freaks and oddities of the sideshows he found friends - "jewel" people like him, who tried to protect him from the terrible secret of his existence. Similar books: Dying of the Light by George R. R. Martin Godbody by Theodore Sturgeon Demon by John Varley Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys The Deep Range by Arthur C. Clarke The Voyage of the Space Beagle by A. E. van Vogt Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon Steel Beach by John Varley The Jesus Incident by Frank Herbert Worlds by Joe Haldeman Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley The Eyes of Heisenberg by Frank Herbert We Can Build You by Philip K. Dick The World Jones Made by Philip K. Dick Hellstrom's Hive by Frank Herbert More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon E Pluribus Unicorn by Theodore Sturgeon Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny