Most Popular Books by Theodore Sturgeon

Kurt Vonnegut cites Theodore Sturgeon as the inspiration for his character Kilgore Trout. This volume includes 12 stories from 1953, considered Sturgeon''s golden era. Among them are such favorites as the title story, "The Silken-Swift," "A Way of Thinking," "The Dark Room," "The Clinic," and "The World Well Lost," a story very ahead of its time in advocating gay rights.

Timshel was once the vacation spot of the galaxy, full of culture, natural beauty, and friendly, hospitable inhabitants. But now Timshel has cut itself off from the universe. No one is allowed to enter or leave. Concerned, the Federation has sent agents to investigate, but none have returned. Captain Kirk and the crew of the Starship EnterpriseTM are shocked to discover the truth: the people of Timshel have succumbed to an insidious new technology that guarantees every citizen total pleasure, a soul-destroying ecstasy that has enslaved their entire civilization. Kirk and Spock have faced many threats before, but now they face the most seductive menace of all: perfect happiness. And the rest of the Federation may soon fall under the irresistible control of the Joy Machine.

The torch could cut through anything—a practical device invented long before it should have been. It was so advance, not even alien technology could stand against it. And that was the problem...

Black Cat Weekly''s 56th issue is another done with most of the staff on vacation. But we’ve managed to pull together another great issue, including an original weird western by Phyllis Ann Karr, plus lots of other goodies. Included this time are: Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure: “All Men are Constructed Equal,” by Laird Long [Michael Bracken Presents short story] “Murder in the Ranks,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery] “Ghost Busters,” by Carol Cail [Barb Goffman Presents short story] “T’ang of the Suffering Dragon,” by James Holding [short story] The Door with Seven Locks, by Edgar Wallace [novel] Science Fiction & Fantasy: “I’ll Have You Know,” is copyright © 2019 by Charlie Jane Anders [Cynthia Ward Presents short story] “One-Eyed Queens,” is copyright © 2022 by Phyllis Ann Karr [short story] “From Beyond the Stars,” by Murray Leinster [short story] “The Sky Was Full of Ships,” by Theodore Sturgeon [short story] One of Three, by George O. Smith [novel]

Admiral Nelson takes scientists in his futuristic atomic submarine to explode a belt of radiation.

In 1898 China, Little Bao has had enough of foreign missionaries and soldiers robbing peasants, and he recruits an army of Boxers to fight to free China from its oppressors.

Renvoyé de l’école à l’âge de huit ans pour avoir mangé des fourmis en cachette, Horty fuit la demeure de ses parents adoptifs qui le martyrisent et trouve refuge au sein d’un cirque ambulant où il devient le partenaire de deux naines, Zena et Bunny. Mais les personnages les plus extraordinaires du cirque restent son féroce directeur, surnommé le Cannibale, et son étrange collection de cristaux : des pierres aux pouvoirs mystérieux et néanmoins gigantesques.

Sci-fi master Theodore Sturgeon wrote stories with power and freshness, and in telling them created a broader understanding of humanity—a legacy for readers and writers to mine for generations. Along with the title story, the collection includes stories written between 1953 and 1955, Sturgeon''s greatest period, with such favorites as "Bulkhead," "The Golden Helix," and "To Here and the Easel."

James Blish called him the “finest conscious artist science fiction ever produced.” Kurt Vonnegut based the famous character Kilgore Trout on him. And such luminaries as Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, and Octavia Butler have hailed him as a mentor. Theodore Sturgeon was both a popular favorite and a writer’s writer, carving out a singular place in the literary landscape based on his masterful wordplay, conceptual daring, and narrative drive. Sturgeon’s sardonic sensibility and his skill at interweaving important social issues such as sex—including gay themes—and war into his stories are evident in all of his work, regardless of genre. Case and the Dreamer displays Sturgeon’s gifts at their peak. The book brings together his last stories, written between 1972 and 1983. They include “The Country of Afterward,” a sexually explicit story Sturgeon had been unable to write earlier in his career, and the title story, about an encounter with a transpatial being that is also a meditation on love. Several previously unpublished stories are included, as well as his final one, “Grizzly,” a poignant take on the lung disease that killed him two years later. Noted critic and anthologist Paul Williams contextualizes Sturgeon as both man and artist in an illuminating afterword, and the book includes an index to the stories in all thirteen volumes.

This is a new release of the original 1948 edition.

A replica of the October 1950 issue of GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION digest magazine featuring TIME QUARRY by Clifford D. Simak, THE STARS ARE THE STYX by Theodore Sturgeon, CONTAGION by Katherine MacLean, THIRD FROM THE SUN by Richard Matheson, LATER THAN YOU THINK by Fritz Leiber, THE LAST MARTIAN by Fredric Brown, and DARWINIAN POOL ROOM by Isaac Asimov.

Contains Asimov''s touching story of an innocent Neanderthal boy held captive by future scientists and an amusing story of young Robin and his remarkable eyesight

Toussel est retardé mental de naissance. Il trouve refuge dans la forêt où il va construire une famille avec un groupe d''enfants aux dons étranges : télékinésie, génie intellectuel, télépathie... A eux tous, ils forment "Les plus qu''humains", une entité presque parfaite, supérieure.

The second volume of short stories by Theodore Sturgeon (1918-1985), one of the great figures in science fiction. The title story is on an unusual relationship that forms between a scientist and the microbes he creates in his laboratory.