Frederik Pohl 2 hr 31 min read

The pythons have entered into Mankind, no man knows the moment he might be Possessed. And now Chandler stands trial for what his body did while he was not himself.

Frederik Pohl's 1962 novel is a gripping dystopian and psi tale of mind-possession and its terrible aftermath. Sharp, provocative golden-age SF. Read it for a story where invisible puppeteers ride human bodies at will, and one man must answer for a crime he never chose to commit.

In its time

Published in 1962, during the 1960s, new wave revolutionizes the genre.

Reading it

2 hr 31 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

Bob Ritter