Supermind

"Supermind" by Randall Garrett and Laurence M. Janifer is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story primarily revolves around FBI agent Kenneth J. Malone, who possesses unique talents such as teleportation and limited prescience. In a world grappling with bureaucratic inefficiencies and potential sabotage, Malone navigates a complex web of telepathy and manipulation that threatens national security. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to a meeting between Malone and Andrew J. Burris, the Director of the FBI, where they discuss inexplicable errors in government computer systems and the unsettling notion of an unseen force sabotaging legislative processes. As Malone investigates these anomalies, he faces increasing strangeness, hinting at a deeper conspiracy that may involve telepathic manipulation. The beginning establishes a blend of humor and intrigue, setting the stage for a narrative that promises both mystery and speculative fiction elements focused on the powers of the mind. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Gordon Randall Phillip David Garrett was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about men from Earth disrupting a peaceful agrarian civilization on an alien planet.