Jeffrey Catherine Jones’ cover art for “The New Adam” (1969) by Stanley G. Weinbaum. . #scifiart #retroscifiart #jeffjones #jeffreycatherinejones #catherinejones #stanleygweinbaum #thenewadam #paperbackbook #paperbackcover https://www.instagram.com/p/CL0RqAkFaPb/?igshid=fhssdhtd6hsj

Stanley G. Weinbaum is most likely best known for his highly influential 1934 short story "A Martian Odyssey". Unfortunately, he died 17 months after its publication, with most of his work not yet published. This is the first of his 3 posthumously released novels. The story is about a superman (Übermensch). Not in the Nietzschean sense of a human being whose fitness, potency and power are elevated to the nth degree, nor like the contemplative, serene and intellectual human superman of H.G. Wells. Edmond Hall, the titular new Adam, is the first person to appear in the further evolutionary development of homo sapiens. He was born with a "double mind", each of which can be working on a separate track simultaneously. Each half is capable of independent thought, engaging in conversation with the other, and individually developing different solutions to problems. Cover artist is #JeffJones.