Horty, the boy in the book, is ultimately able to enter into that thought life and force his impressions on the crystals, but they’re not all that interested. But creating life is merely a by product of whatever sort of thought life they lead. The crystals can work singly or in pairs, and create life, copies of other life (not always very accurate or pretty). The Science: The crystals, or dreaming jewels of the original title, represent a truly alien form of life. After a decade or so, the boy (now a young man who, as the product of the crystals is able to control his shape) and the circus master face off in a battle which may determine the future of mankind. His aim is to destroy mankind by forcing the crystals to create evil and poisonous things instead of, say, little boys *coughcough*. Meanwhile, the circus master is conducting research on sentient crystals which produce life. He reads voraciously and is loved by Zena, a real female midget, for many years. The Story: A young boy runs away from a cruel adoptive family with only the broken remains of his toy jack-in-the-box and ends up joining the circus where he hides from the mean circus-master by disguising himself as a female midget. The Setting: The United States, Earth, a mid-century present. Originally published in 1950, the edition read was published in 1957 by Pyramid Books. The Book: The Synthetic Man ( The Dreaming Jewels) by Theodore Sturgeon.
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