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Odd John

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Odd John	comment	Odd John is a 1935 Science Fiction novel by British writer Olaf Stapledon which explores the theme of the Übermensch. The book follows John Wainwright through the entire period of his life. John is not like most people; from his birth he displays tremendous intelligence — for example, at age four he has already mastered the English language and mathematics and becomes able to see into n-dimensional space.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })As John slowly matures into adulthood, he commits several murders, sells various inventions worth millions of dollars, becomes a communist, slowly loses his grip on humanity, and starts to display Psychic Powers.Eventually John becomes convinced that there is no place for him in the world with regular people and starts seeking various others like himself from all over the globe to live in peace on a remote island. Then things start to go horribly wrong for John as the world starts to find out the truth about him.Not related to the Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz.
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Odd John / int_330a3b9c	comment	Differently Powered Individual: Possibly the ur-example of the name Homo Superior, which has since been used everywhere from pulp sci-fi to Marvel Comics to The Tomorrow People (1973) to refer to superhumans as the "next stage of evolution".
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Odd John / int_6627695f	type	Author Appeal
Odd John / int_6627695f	comment	Author Appeal: As with many Stapledon protagonists, the main character is a communist.
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Odd John / int_9b76b81	type	Evolutionary Levels
Odd John / int_9b76b81	comment	Evolutionary Levels: Odd John is one of a new species of supermen who happen to be born here and there around the world at roughly the same time.
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Odd John / int_abc55125	type	Character Filibuster
Odd John / int_abc55125	comment	Character Filibuster: A lot of the novel is devoted to John's sardonic speeches about the flaws of humanity, which tend to go on for pages.
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Odd John / int_c85f2b5e	type	Brainy Baby
Odd John / int_c85f2b5e	comment	Brainy Baby: John in his infancy. The Baby that Ng-Gunko was taking care of is apparently smarter than all of the children and despite being only being a year old, can already talk and hold a conversation.
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Odd John	hasFeature	The Right of a Superior Species / int_825b802d

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