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Title:	Arcana Caelestia
Notice:	Directory listings are in topic 2
Moderator:	NETRIX::thomas

Created:	Thu Dec 08 1983
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1300
Total number of notes:	18728

1016.0. "THE ARTIFICIAL MAN" by XCUSME::KENDRICK () Fri Aug 30 1991 12:02

    I posted this in the BOOKS conference and it was suggested I cross-post
    this here.
    
    Back around 69-71 when I was in Junior High, I read a book titled "The
    Artificial Man".  From what I can remember it was about an android or
    at least a human who was mostly "artificial" who did not realize he was
    not human.  I don't know who the author is.  I got the book through a
    book service offered at school.  We used to get a catalog every week or
    two and you could buy whatever books you wanted.
    
    Anyway, I would like to get a copy but have been unable to locate it
    anywhere.  Does this book ring a bell with anyone?  This is the book
    that whetted my appetite for science fiction so I'd really like to add
    it to my collection.
    
    Any info is welcome.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Terry

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1016.1	The Synthetic Man	VMSMKT::KENAH	The man with a child in his eyes...	`Sun Sep 01 1991 22:04`	10
	As I mentioned in the other file, Theodore Sturgeon wrote a book called "The Synthetic Man" (Original title: "The Dreaming Jewels") �1950 by Theodore Sturgeon -- ISBN 0-515-03344-8 The blurb on the cover says: "He's too human to be real -- and he doesn't even know it!" I think this is what you're looking for. andrew
1016.2	There Was a Novel The Artificial Man	BALZAC::DONOVAN		`Thu Sep 05 1991 11:09`	12
	And as I mentioned in the other notes file, there is another book called The Artificial Man that is not by Theodore Sturgeon. Not to confuse the issue, but was there a book by Theodore Sturgeon about a group of kids who commit a murder and a character named Lone and a woman who was brought up in a Victorian style environment in modern times? Maybe that was The Synthetic Man. ;-). Cheers, Kevin
1016.3	Teleological evolution	TLE::MINAR::BISHOP		`Thu Sep 05 1991 12:04`	5
	re .2, Victorian, etc. That's _More_than_Human_, I believe. -John Bishop
1016.4		CNTROL::MACNEAL	ruck `n' roll	`Thu Sep 05 1991 14:12`	1
	.3 is correct.
1016.5		VMSMKT::KENAH	The man with a child in his eyes...	`Thu Sep 05 1991 16:43`	5
	re .2 & .3 Indeed. It's a superb book, rightly considered a classic. andrew
1016.6	OTHER notes file??	BLKPUD::CHEETHAMD		`Fri Sep 06 1991 10:51`	3
	re .1 and .2, which "other notes file" ??? Dennis
1016.7	Revised pointer to the BOOKS conference	VMSMKT::KENAH	The man with a child in his eyes...	`Fri Sep 06 1991 17:17`	4
	The "generic" BOOKS conference -- it's located at COLBIN::BOOKS (KP7, blah, blah, blah...) andrew
1016.8		XCUSME::KENDRICK		`Tue Sep 10 1991 16:16`	5
	I got the information I was looking for in my note in the BOOKS conference. Thanks for your help. Terry
1016.9		WHOS01::BOWERS	Dave Bowers @WHO	`Fri Sep 27 1991 16:14`	4
	I believe L.P. Davies wrote a novel called "The Artifical Man", but it was about a very different theme. -dave