The Dreaming Jewels

Paperback | 1 November 2000

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Horty Bluett is eight when he runs away from home. He finds a new home among the freaks of a travelling carnival, protected by the beautiful midget, Zena. She knows that Horty is one of the jewel people and what others would do to him if they found out.

Industry Reviews

Sturgeon is excellent at conveying the emotions of children - a talent on ample display in this 1950 novel. Crystalline, jewel-like aliens, intelligent but utterly incomprehensible, exist on Earth; as part of their life-processes, they sometimes produce flawed copies of objects, animals, or people. But the rare paired jewels produce perfect copies - like young Horty, an apparently human lad who runs away from home and joins a carnival, where he's befriended by midget Zena and the other carnies. The carnival's owner, however, is a vicious, amoral doctor, the "Maneater," who knows about the jewels: he can cause them great pain and thus force them to do his bidding. (He controls Zena by controlling the crystal that made her.) So Zena, who recognizes that Horty is a jewel-being, helps him to develop a secure human personality. . . in preparation for the ultimate showdown with the megalomaniac Maneater. Overall: flawed but thoughtful, often fascinating - with a potent theme (how to define humanity?), the brilliantly conceived alien jewels, and the usual Sturgeon weaknesses (disjointed plotting, pulp-ish patches) in the narration. (Kirkus Reviews)

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