Laurence M. Janifer & Randall Garrett ~6 hr read

In 1914 it was enemy aliens; in 1930, Wobblies; in 1957, fellow travelers; in 1971, insane telepaths, and in 1973, FBI Director Burris throws up his hands: 'We don't know what the hell it is.'

Randall Garrett and Laurence M. Janifer's 1963 novel is a witty psi-powers and social-SF tale starring their psychic agent Kenneth Malone. Funny, clever golden-age SF. Read it for a genial romp where the FBI's telepathic troubleshooter hunts a baffling menace, in the breezy Malone series.

In its time

Published in 1963, during the 1960s, new wave revolutionizes the genre.

Reading it

~6 hr read (a novel-length work, settle in).