Henry Kuttner · 1953 · Novel
Setting: near future (post-nuclear)
Series: Baldy
After the Blow-Up, the children of a small group of the survivors were born with the capacity for telepathy - to perceive and share the thoughts of others. This minority, once the children became able to communicate their ability, became a feared and quarantined group; "ordinary" humans felt that their privacy had been taken from them and that the mutants, the "Baldies" (so called because of their most distinguishing visible characteristic) by knowing their most secrets could destroy them.Most of the Baldies submit to the quarantine. They seek peaceful accommodation with the "Normals". A small minority of this minority, however, known as the "Paranoids" sought the destruction of humanity, felt that no co-existence with the majority would ever be possible because their fear and hatred could only lead to a pogrom.
Source: OpenLibrary
Tags: FictionFiction in EnglishScience FictionAmerican Science fiction
isfdb_id: 38206
openlibrary_id: OL4727613W
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