explorer / books · 1960
Brain Twister
Mark Phillips’s only award entry in this dataset.
Published 1962 by Pyramid Books · 144 pages
Hugo · 1960
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This book is recorded on the Hugo ballot only. Each row shows the full Best Novel ballot for that award and ceremony year. Winners appear first.
Synopsis
FBI Agent Kenneth J. Malone is tasked with finding a telepath to help counter suspected Soviet psychic espionage. His search through psychiatric institutions leads him to a powerful psychic who believes she is Queen Elizabeth I of England, and he must humor her royal delusions while racing to plug dangerous intelligence leaks.
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