The Beyond

by Jean Sutton, Jeff Sutton

An agent, sent to a distant planet where those with telepathic powers are banished, and ordered to find the person with the ability to move objects by thought, discovers to his horror that he is telepathic.

Genres: Science Fiction

223 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1967

Reviews

[SFReader · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of the first science fiction books that I read and a copy of it has traveled with me through life for decades to be periodically re-read.

The word for this book is, evocative. The book opens with a Captain Cromwell of the smuggler Cosmic Wind landing on the exile colony of Engo. That world, soaked in the ghastly glow of its orange moon, holds a steadily decreasing population of miserable telepaths, condemned there by the Federation on behalf of a galaxy of those who fear the rape of their private thoughts by those with such powers. Engo is the loneliest place in the Milky Way, on the edge of the great galactic gulf to the Andromeda Galaxy. No other stars light the storm-tossed night sky of Engo, with its giant, weeping, Agora trees and sighing stands of Bulla glass on the edges of its black water rivers. Engo is a sigh of despair, an unshed tear and the stage for the battle for humanities soul.

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[M · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this a very long time ago---possibly one of my first forays into science fiction.

[Charles · Rating 5 out of 5]

This should indicate both Jean and Jeff Sutton as the authors. An excellent book, one of my favorite SF novels when I was a teenager. I read it from my home town library and remembered it so long that I finally had to track down a copy. Really had that old "sense of wonder" to it.

[Alan · Rating 5 out of 5]

My rating for this book is biased... at age 9 or so, it launched my lifelong love of science fiction, especially humanistic SF.

[zjakkelien · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was nice. It's quite short, but it does some decent world building. The story is not bad either, although most of the mysteries are not that mysterious. Most are guessable.

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am amazed that this
book has so few ratings.

Jean and Jeff Sutton wrote
about 6 books between them.

I read about 4 of their books
when I was 12 years old.

I think these are some of the
best written books I have
read in my life. I think
these are some of the best
SF books I have read in my
life.

The books are very compellingly
written and at least several of them
have incredible twists at the end.

Although they are aimed at the
junior high level, I actually
think that adults who like
science fiction would really
enjoy them.

To this day I enjoy reading them
and I think they are some of the
best books I have read in my life.

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book. I want to read it again if I can find it. If you see this book, I'd say read it.