Evelyn E. Smith 29 min read

In a family where everyone has Psi powers, Kevin has none, sick of being the odd one out, colliding with floating tablecloths, and unable to move a saltshaker with his mind.

Evelyn E. Smith's 1955 story mines warm comedy and sharp social SF from the one ordinary member of a telekinetic household. Charming, clever golden-age SF. Read it for a delightful tale of a powerless misfit among the gifted, and the question of whether he's really so powerless after all.

In its time

Published in 1955, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

29 min read (a novelette, room for a turn or two).

Illustrated by

Cavat