The Dreaming Jewels, (Paperback)

from ScoLgo

A taut magical realism story with solid SF under-pinnings. Horty is a young orphan who, abused by his step-father, runs away and gets picked up by a strange group of carnies. Impersonating a girl midget, he lives for several years on the road with the carnival. But there is something different ab...

from jigarpatel

A precursor to More Than Human, I actually prefer The Dreaming Jewels. I find its direct good-versus-evil storyline more satisfying than the disjointed fix-up of More Than Human. Sure, the latter is more polished, but to me the characters in The Dreaming Jewels are more alive. Would probably be c...

from AltheaAnn

Strange little foundling Horty is abused by his adoptive parents, and runs away. He's 'adopted' by a group of midgets and joins a travelling carnival... but the carny hides some deeper secrets and more subtle cruelties than even his previous life.. what is the explanation for Horty's mysterious a...

from delta351

I tought the story was pretty good, considering it was written in the 1950's. It starts as a Harry Potter precursor, with an adopteed child treated badly by his parents. After an especially brutal scene, boy takes off and ends up with a carnival. There are some good twists in the story, though pe...

from grahzny

I read this a long time ago, and if memory serves, it's still my favorite piece of Sturgeon fiction.