Man Plus

Man Plus has a number of interesting ideas, but I didn't feel like it was entirely satisfying as a novel. The writing is bland and short, a lot of the politics and social attitudes seemed very dated, and most of the characters failed to make much of a significant impression. While the soap-opera drama of Roger Torroway's troubled marriage was not very engaging, his transformation into a being that could live on Mars did capture my imagination (though the reasoning behind the program didn't make all that much sense). I think the novel was strongest when it was detailing the many alterations that would be made to Roger's body, and when it was addressing the psychological changes that such a severe physical alteration would cause. I don't think this is Pohl's strongest novel, but I think that it is still worth reading for those interested in his work.

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