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Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon (born Edward Hamilton Waldo; 26 February 1918 — 8 May 1985) was an American science fiction author.
He was known to use a technique known as "rhythmic prose", in which his prose text would drop into a standard poetic meter. This has the effect of creating a subtle shift in mood,...
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I, Libertine
I, Libertine was a literary hoax that began as a practical joke by late-night radio raconteur Jean Shepherd. Shepherd was highly annoyed at the way that the bestseller lists were being compiled in the mid-1950s. These lists were not determined only...
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- 1956
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The World Well Lost
"The World Well Lost" is a science-fiction short story by Theodore Sturgeon, first published in the June 1953 issue of Universe. It has been reprinted several times, for instance in Sturgeon's collections E Pluribus Unicorn, Starshine, and A Saucer...
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More Than Human
More Than Human is a 1953 science fiction novel by Theodore Sturgeon. It is one of his best-known works. It is a fix-up of his previously published novella Baby is Three with two parts (The Fabulous Idiot and Morality) written especially for the...
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- 1953
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- 1953
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- 1499
Some of Your Blood
Some of Your Blood is a short horror novel in epistolary form by Theodore Sturgeon, first published in 1961.
The book opens with a prologue addressed directly to "The Reader", informing us that, as The Reader, "You know the way. You have the key....
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- 1961
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If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?
"If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?" is a science fiction short story by Theodore Sturgeon. It first appeared in Harlan Ellison's anthology Dangerous Visions in 1967.
It is about an Earthman who comes to the planet...
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Killdozer
"Killdozer!" is a science fiction/horror novella by Theodore Sturgeon originally published in the magazine Astounding (Nov. 1944) and revised for the 1959 collection Aliens 4.
The story inspired a 1974 TV-movie and a Marvel Comics adaptation by...
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- 1996
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- 37296
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To Marry Medusa
The Cosmic Rape is a science fiction novel by Theodore Sturgeon, originally published as an original paperback in August 1958. At the same time, a condensed or edited-down version of the novel was published in Galaxy magazine as a short novel,...
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- 1987
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- 32612
Venus Plus X
Venus Plus X is a science fiction novel written by Theodore Sturgeon, published in 1960. It tells of Charlie Johns, a man who wakes up in the odd technologically advanced society of Ledom.
Venus Plus X main theme is social commentary on the sexes...
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- 1960
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- 924
The Dreaming Jewels
The Dreaming Jewels is a science fiction novel by Theodore Sturgeon, published in 1950. It has also been published as The Synthetic Man.
The story follows the adventures of an 8-year-old boy named Horton "Horty" Bluett, who runs away from his...
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- 1950
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- 1950
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- 2049
Baby Is Three
Baby Is Three is a science fiction short story by Theodore Sturgeon. It was later crafted into a full novel More Than Human.
The story describes the creation and "bleshing" of a new life form, Homo Gestalt, on Earth. It is formed by the symbiosis of...
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- 1999
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- 1950
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- 37300
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Helix the Cat
"Helix the Cat" is a science fiction/fantasy short story by Theodore Sturgeon. The story was written in 1939 or 1940 and submitted to John W Campbell. The editor rejected it, as he felt it didn't fit into either fantasy or science fiction...
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Microcosmic God
"Microcosmic God" is a science fiction novelette by Theodore Sturgeon. Originally published in April 1941 in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction, it was recognized as one of the best science fiction stories of all time by the Science Fiction...
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- 1941
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Slow Sculpture
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Without Sorcery
Without Sorcery is a collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories by author Theodore Sturgeon. The collection was first published in 1948 by Prime Press in an edition of 2,862 copies of which 80 were specially bound, slipcased and signed...
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- 1948
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The man who lost the sea
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- Jan 9, 2005
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- 174028
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Regreso
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golden helix
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