“Post-human” Science Fiction

There have been a number of interesting treatments of the “step beyond man” in science fiction. I am less familiar with recent work in the field than I am with classic science fiction, as will be obvious to those familiar with the field. Recommendations for additional items are solicited. The works of Stapledon, Clarke, and Heinlein are particularly recommended.

Poul Anderson

• Brainwave

Arthur C. Clarke

• 2001: A Space Odyssey (and sequels)
• Childhood’s End
• The City and the Stars
• Rendezvous with Rama (and sequels)

Howard Fast

• “The First Men”

Robert Heinlein

• “Gulf”
• Stranger in a Strange Land

John Hersey

• The Child Buyer

Fred Hoyle

• The Black Cloud

Daniel Keyes

• Flowers for Algernon

J.T. M’Intosh

• World Out of Mind

Wilmar H. Shiras

• Children of the Atom

Olaf Stapledon
See "Olaf Statpledon: Winner of the First Annual Cordwainer Smith 'Rediscovery' Award" (2001) <http://www.cordwainer-smith.com/stapledon.htm>

• Starmaker
• Last and First Men
• Odd John

Theodore Sturgeon

• “Maturity”
• More Than Human

George Turner

• Brainchild

A. E. Van Vogt

• Slan

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