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''[[The Butterfly Kid]]'' is a [[Science Fiction]] novel written by Chester Anderson and published in 1967; it has been described by one reviewer as "a science-fiction novel, a detective story, and a comedy of manners (or lack thereof) that depicts Greenwich Village undergoing a psychedelic sneak attack of unknown origin". It is most commonly referred to as "psychedelic SF", and as such actually was nominated for the [[Hugo Award]] for Best Novel in 1968 (it lost out to ''[[Lord of Light]]'' by [[Roger Zelazny]]).
It is the first book in the "Greenwich Village Trilogy", followed by ''[[The Unicorn Girl]]'' (1969) by [[Michael Kurland]] and ''[[The Probability Pad]]'' (1970) by T A Waters.
It starts when Chester Anderson spots a teenaged boy sitting in Washington Square Park creating psychedelically-designed butterflies out of thin air -- real, living butterflies in the most improbable designs possible. Chester carefully befriends the boy (who is named Sean) and brings him back home to find out just ''how'' he's manifesting butterflies.
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