Darkchild (novel)

Darkchild is a novel by Sydney J. Van Scyoc published in 1982.

Plot summary
Darkchild is a novel in which the clone named Darkchild is programmed to use his potent psionic powers to observe other people.

Reception
Colin Greenland reviewed Frost for Imagine magazine, and stated that "It's a grim and tearful story, and for all its imaginative conviction I found it hard going, Van Sycoc is rather too lavish with her characters' misery."

Dave Langford reviewed Darkchild for White Dwarf #56, and stated that "Darkchild succeeds through evocative writing and 'information feed', that unobstructive trickle of data which [...] keeps satisfying your curiosity and at the same time stimulating it with fresh questions concerning the way things are."

Reviews

 * Review by Faren Miller (1982) in Locus, #259 August 1982
 * Review by Tom Easton (1983) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1983