The Man in the Maze

About “The Man in the Maze”

The Man in the Maze is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg. It was first serialized in the magazine Worlds of If in April and May 1968, and later published as a book in 1969. The story follows a man who cannot interact normally with others due to his uncontrollable psychic abilities. The novel draws inspiration from Sophocles' play Philoctetes, with the characters of Odysseus, Neoptolemus, and Philoctetes represented by Boardman, Rawlins, and Muller, respectively. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)