Man Plus - Man Plus, Bk 1 Author:Frederik Pohl What becomes of a man who is more than a man? Roger Torraway knew the answer. Transformed by the latest advances in biological and cybernetic science into a being that could live unprotected on the surface of Mars. — Ill luck made Roger Torraway the subject of the Man Plus Programe, but it was deliberate biological engineering which turned him in... more »to a monster -- a machine perfectly adapted to survive on Mars. For according to computer predictions, Mars is humankind's only alternative to extinction. But beneath his monstrous exterior, Torraway still carries a man's capacity for suffering.« less
Good science fiction about a project to create a human who can live on Mars. A bit outdated now, but won the Nebula award for best novel when originally published.