Man Plus

Man Plus
Cover of first edition (hardcover)
AuthorFrederik Pohl
Cover artistPaul Gamarello[1]
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherRandom House
Publication date
1976
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages215
ISBN0-394-48676-5
OCLC2020835
813/.5/4
LC ClassPZ4.P748 Man PS3566.O36
Followed byMars Plus, 1994[2] 

Man Plus is a 1976 science fiction novel by American writer Frederik Pohl.[3] It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1976,[4] was nominated for the Hugo and Campbell Awards, and placed third in the annual Locus Poll in 1977.[5] The story is about a cyborg, Roger Torraway, who is designed to operate in the harsh Martian environment so that humans can colonize Mars.

  1. ^ "Publication: Man Plus".
  2. ^ Source: WorldCat entry on "Man plus"
  3. ^ Pohl, Frederik (1976). Man Plus. Random House. ISBN 0-394-48676-5. (Note: unless otherwise noted, all statements in this article regarding the contents of Man Plus are based on the book itself).
  4. ^ Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. (2006-12-03). "Nebula Awards Past Winners". Archived from the original on 1999-10-13. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
  5. ^ Locus Index to SF Awards Archived 2015-02-25 at the Wayback Machine