Description: The Synthetic Man (aka The Dreaming Jewels) by Theodore SturgeonPublisher: Pyramid R1126 Year: 1965 Genre: Science Fiction He ran away from home into the carny world. Noname "Kiddo," disguised as a little girl in a freak show. What he didn't know didn't exist.What he couldn't do was unimaginable.What he hadn't asked was obvious:"Who am I and where did I come from?" " They found him doing a strange thing under the bleachers. His name was Horty and he was eating ants. Horty ate ants because every once in a while he just had to. You couldn't tell it to look at him and nobody knew it, but Horty had this craving because he wasn't human. Horty didn't realize he was different from other people - not even when he lost three fingers and they grew back. But then Horty discovered the truth about himself and the truth was stranger than fiction: Eight-year-old Horty Bluett is mocked by his classmates & abused by his adoptive parents until the day his father severs three of his fingers. He runs away, taking only a gem-eyed doll he calls Junky, & joins a carnival. Finding acceptance at last, Horty never dreams that Junky is more than a toy, nor does he realize that a threat far greater than his cruel father inhabits the carnival & has been searching for Horty longer than he has been alive.
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Author: Theodore Sturgeon
