Tin woodman

Div Harlthor is a misfit by anybody's definition, a young man "gifted" with such strong psychic powers that he cannot bear human contact and is happiest living in isolation. But Div is also the one human being whose powers may be strong enough to reach out and contact a mysterious alien creature found drifting in deep space. He was taken into space against his will, sent out against his will to examine the great creature with his mind—and no one could have predicted what would happen when his will and that of the alien were joined...