In terms of clairvoyance and telepathy, there lots of that sort of thing in
the novels of Marie Corelli which were published from the 1890s through the
early 1920s.  While she was immensely popular at one time, most of her
novels are exceedingly painful to read nowadays,   Her "The Sorrows of
Satan" (1895) was reprinted by Oxford Univ. Press in 1998.  Her novel "The
Master Christian" about the return of Jesus in a non-apocalyptic setting is
fairly interesting though very long and tedious in parts.


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Subject: Re: Novels Featuring Telepathy or Clairvoyance


> John,
>   I believe the Julian May novels in the Pliocene Saga, the Galactic
> milieu and _Intervention_ all have characters with some clairvoyant
> abilities.  Some are also telepaths.  My favorite of these is the Pliocene
> Saga (The many-colored land, the golden torc, etc.) as it was an
> interesting blend of fantasy and science fiction.
> Colleen
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> On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, John Snead wrote:
>
> > I am interested in finding more media (especially books) with good
> > and complex treatments of both telepathy and clairvoyance. I'm
> > rather at a loss for good SF featuring clairvoyance, any
> > suggestions?
> >
> > Obviously, for telepathy The Whole Man by John Brunner, The
> > Demolished Man by Alfred Bester, and The Missing Man by
> > Katherine MacLean are good first steps (what is it about "The ___
> > Man" as titles of books with telepaths?) Some of Andre Norton's
> > better work is also not bad, nor is Jack of Eagles by James Blish.
> > Does anyone have any other suggestions?
> >
> > Also, I remember reading a novel back in the 70s (perhaps by Keith
> > Laumer) that featured a powerful telepath in the modern day, who
> > for a time made a living matching people with items they wanted to
> > buy but couldn't find. Does anyone remember the title of this book?
> >
> > -John Snead [log in to unmask]
> >
>