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The Theodore Sturgeon anthology series continues with this collection of 12 masterful science fiction short stories from the Science Fiction Hall of Famer’s golden era.
Features the titular story that inspired an episode of The Twilight Zone starring Shelley Duvall!
Kurt Vonnegut cites Theodore Sturgeon as the inspiration for his character Kilgore Trout. This volume includes 12 sci-fi stories from 1953, considered Sturgeon’s golden era. Among them are:
• “A Saucer of Loneliness”
• “The Silken-Swift”
• “A Way of Thinking”
• “The Dark Room”
• “The Clinic”
Also included is “The World Well Lost”—a story very ahead of its time in advocating gay rights. With this new volume, you’ll discover some of the best stories from one of science fiction’s most legendary talents!
Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon (1918 - 1985) Theodore Sturgeon was born Edward Hamilton Waldo in New York City in 1918. Sturgeon was not a pseudonym; his name was legally changed after his parents' divorce. After selling his first SF story to Astounding in 1939, he travelled for some years, only returning in earnest in 1946. He produced a great body of acclaimed short fiction (SF's premier short story award is named in his honour) as well as a number of novels, including More Than Human, which was awarded the 1954 retro-Hugo in 2004. In addition to coining Sturgeon's Law - '90% of everything is crud' - he wrote the screenplays for seminal Star Trek episodes 'Shore Leave' and 'Amok Time', inventing the famous Vulcan mating ritual, the pon farr.
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