Dying Inside

I didn't like this as much as I did when I read it 30+ years ago. There are elements of misogyny and racism in the story and the main character is selfish and emotionally closed off in a way that makes his telepathy seem hard to credit. It's a great idea, but in practice, the character generates no sympathy and it's hard to care a great deal about his loss of a capability he never had the grace to use for anything but selfish objectives.