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Theodore Sturgeon

2 series 6 books in order 4 standalone books

Theodore Sturgeon, born Edward Hamilton Waldo in Staten Island, New York, changed his name in 1929 to match his mother's surname after her second marriage and to reflect his nickname, "Teddy." His mother, Christine Hamilton Dicker Sturgeon, was a writer, watercolorist, and poet who published under the pseudonym Felix Sturgeon. As an adolescent, Sturgeon wanted to be a circus acrobat but suffered from rheumatic fever. From 1935 to 1938, he worked as a sailor in the merchant marine. He sold his first story in 1938 and his first science fiction story, "Ether Breather," was published in 1939. Some early stories were published under the pseudonym "E. Waldo Hunter." He married Dorothe Fillingame in 1940 and later worked in the U.S. Army during World War II. He wrote for advertising and published his first novel, The Dreaming Jewels, in 1950. He married Marion McGahan in 1951 and had four children. He ghost-wrote the Ellery Queen mystery novel The Player on the Other Side in 1963 and wrote screenplays for Star Trek and Land of the Lost. Two of his stories were adapted for The New Twilight Zone. He remained in a committed relationship with Jayne Engelhart Tannehill until his death. Sturgeon died in May 1985 of lung fibrosis in Eugene, Oregon.

Born
1918
Known for
Masters of Science Fiction, Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories

Series by Theodore Sturgeon

Masters of Science Fiction

6 books in order · 1950–1979

  1. Cover of The House that Stood Still

    The House that Stood Still

    1950 · A. E. van Vogt

    A 1950 novel by A. E. van Vogt. Allison Stephens must solve the mystery of a centuries-old house and its sinister, masked immortal inhabitants,…

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    The Universe Maker

    1953 · A. E. van Vogt

    Morton Cargill is about to die for a crime he committed 400 years ago in this 1953 novel by A. E. van Vogt. Lieutenant Cargill was brought from the…

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    The Chrysalids

    1955 · John Wyndham

    The Chrysalids is a 1955 novel by John Wyndham, set in a post-apocalyptic world resembling the era of horse and carriage. Deviations are punished or…

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    The Mind Cage

    1957 · A. E. van Vogt

    A 1957 novel by A.E. van Vogt. David Marin risks his reputation and government career to plead for scientist Wade Trask, condemned to execution for…

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    More Than Human

    1979 · Theodore Sturgeon

    The coming of the superman without a superego: six extraordinary people are taken away their human frailties, their strengths burnished, creating a…

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Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories

25 books in order · 1979–1992

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  4. Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 4

    Year unknown · Fredric Brown

    Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) is a science fiction anthology edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. It is the fourth…

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  5. Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 5

    1981

    Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) is a short story anthology edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. It is the fifth volume…

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  6. Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 6

    1981 · A. E. van Vogt

    Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) is the sixth volume in a series of science fiction short story collections edited by Isaac Asimov…

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  7. Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7

    Year unknown · Fredric Brown

    Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) is an English-language science fiction short story collection edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin…

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  8. Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8

    1982 · Theodore Sturgeon

    Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) is a science fiction short story anthology edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. It is…

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  9. Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 9

    1983 · Isaac Asimov

    Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) is a science fiction anthology edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. It is the ninth…

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  10. Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 10

    1983

    Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) is a short story anthology edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. It is the tenth…

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