Knight selected Sturgeon's novel as one of the 10 best sf books of the 1950s. Writing in 1975, R. D. Mullen declared that in More Than Human, "[Sturgeon] had a theme well suited to his talents and inclinations, [and] the result is a book that pretty well avoids the mawkishness that mars most of his work. This book is not a masterpiece, but it comes pretty close."<ref>"Reviews: November 1975", Science Fiction Studies, November 1975</ref> Aldiss and Wingrove found that the novel "transcends its own terms and becomes Sturgeon's greatest statement of one of his obsessive themes, loneliness and how to cure it." In 2012, the novel was included in the Library of America two-volume boxed set American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s'', edited by Gary K. Wolfe. References External links "Baby is Three" at the Internet Archive Review at SF Site More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon, reviewed by Ted Gioia (Conceptual Fiction) Analysis of More Than Human on Lit React American science fiction novels 1953 American novels 1953 science fiction novels Novels by Theodore Sturgeon Novels republished in the Library of America