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Short Story

The Golden Man

1954

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About this story

Officials hunting dangerous mutants capture a young man with golden skin and an extraordinary capacity to anticipate events. Their efforts to contain him test their assumptions about intelligence, survival, and humanity's future.

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Work history

  1. no later than Jun 24, 1953

    Composition: no later than Jun 24, 1953

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Jun 24, 1953

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Jun 24, 1953

  3. Apr 1954

    First published Apr 1954

    If