<s>
A	O
group	B-General_Concept
mind	I-General_Concept
,	O
group	O
ego	O
,	O
mind	O
coalescence	O
,	O
or	O
gestalt	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
in	O
science	O
fiction	O
is	O
a	O
plot	O
device	O
in	O
which	O
multiple	O
minds	O
,	O
or	O
consciousnesses	O
,	O
are	O
linked	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
,	O
collective	O
consciousness	O
or	O
intelligence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
alien	O
hive	O
society	O
was	O
depicted	O
in	O
H	O
.	O
G	O
.	O
Wells	O
's	O
The	O
First	O
Men	O
in	O
the	O
Moon	O
(	O
1901	O
)	O
while	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
human	O
hive	O
minds	O
in	O
literature	O
goes	O
back	O
at	O
least	O
as	O
far	O
as	O
David	O
H	O
.	O
Keller	O
's	O
The	O
Human	O
Termites	O
(	O
published	O
in	O
Wonder	O
Stories	O
in	O
1929	O
)	O
and	O
Olaf	O
Stapledon	O
's	O
science	O
fiction	O
novel	O
Last	O
and	O
First	O
Men	O
(	O
1930	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
known	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
group	B-General_Concept
mind	I-General_Concept
"	O
in	O
science	O
fiction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
group	B-General_Concept
mind	I-General_Concept
might	O
be	O
formed	O
by	O
any	O
fictional	O
plot	O
device	O
that	O
facilitates	O
brain	O
to	O
brain	O
communication	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
telepathy	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Hive	O
mind	O
"	O
tends	O
to	O
describe	O
a	O
group	B-General_Concept
mind	I-General_Concept
in	O
which	O
the	O
linked	O
individuals	O
have	O
no	O
identity	O
or	O
free	O
will	O
and	O
are	O
possessed	O
or	O
mind-controlled	O
as	O
extensions	O
of	O
the	O
hive	O
mind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
the	O
group	O
or	O
hive	O
mind	O
is	O
an	O
intelligent	O
version	O
of	O
real-life	O
superorganisms	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
beehive	B-Language
or	O
an	O
ant	O
colony	O
.	O
</s>
