Wilmar H. Shiras (1908–1990)
Auteur van Children of the Atom
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Werken van Wilmar H. Shiras
Opening Doors 3 exemplaren
Slow Dawning 2 exemplaren
New Foundations 1 exemplaar
Problems 1 exemplaar
Children of the Atom [short story] 1 exemplaar
Galerij der giganten 6 1 exemplaar
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- Officiële naam
- Shiras, Wilmar House
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Howes, Jane
- Geboortedatum
- 1908-09-23
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1990-12-23
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Alameda, California, USA
- Opleiding
- Boston University
University of California, Berkeley - Beroepen
- translator
science fiction writer
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- 9
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- 10
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- 218
- Populariteit
- #102,474
- Waardering
- 4.0
- Besprekingen
- 9
- ISBNs
- 7
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- 1
I went into this blind having picked up the Science Fiction Book Club 1959 hardcover edition which does not contain any blurb or description, so all I new was it was published in the 50s and science fiction, probably involving atomic energy on some level. With memories of the faction by the same name in the Fallout game series I thought I'd give it a look and see if there's any relation - there's not.
The book centres around a school psychologist Peter Welles and a student who a concerned teacher refers to him, Tim. It turns out that Tim's problem isn't a problem per se but rather that he's extremely intelligent and unable to relate to others well, spending a good amount of time hiding his true intellect. It's from here we learn that Tim's parents were killed in an atomic explosion and he's somewhat of a mutant with the side effect of his radiation exposure being a higher than usual intellect.
The story then goes on as Peter Welles forms a school for these mutant gifted children (bit of xmen deja vu here) and collects other children who were effected by the atomic explosion and are mutants also.
Overall, it was alright, not particularly enthralling and the dialogue is cumbersome in parts with the author becoming a little preachy at times. I found the first chapter In Hiding was the best part of the book, with the final chapter being my least favourite chapter. If you like classic science fiction it's worth reading just for completions sake as it was ranked as the 14th most significant science fiction books by the SF Book Club.… (meer)