Theodore Sturgeon (1918-1985), one of the most influential writers
of the Golden Age of science fiction, is ranked with classic
contemporaries such as Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury,
and Arthur C. Clarke. He received the International Fantasy Award
for his novel More Than Human, which has been continuously in print
since 1953, but he is primarily known for his short stories.
Sturgeon received both the Hugo and Nebula awards for his story
"Slow Sculpture" and was posthumously inducted into the Science
Fiction Hall of Fame.
Sturgeon wrote several Star Trek episodes, one of which introduced
the famous Vulcan hand greeting and the phrase "Live long and
prosper." James Blish wrote that Sturgeon was the "finest conscious
artist science fiction ever produced."
Sturgeon was a model for his friend Kurt Vonnegut's memorable
character Kilgore Trout, and his work was an acknowledged influence
on important younger writers such as Harlan Ellison, Robert
Silverberg, Brian W. Aldiss, Stephen King, Octavia Butler, and
Jonathan Lethem, many of whom have written introductions for
previous volumes of The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon.
"Sturgeon wrote miraculous short stories ... Sturgeon found his
urgency directed in becoming the John Dos Passos, the William
Faulkner, the Ring Lardner, the James Thurber, the Virginia Woolf
of science fiction."
—Jonathan Lethem
"A terrific writer; I enjoyed every word he published."
—Robert Heinlein
"One of the best writers in America ... Sturgeon is a master
storyteller certain to fascinate all sorts of readers, not only
science fiction fans."
—Kurt Vonnegut
"Sturgeon's stories have an emotional impact unmatched by almost
any other writer."
—Arthur C. Clarke
"Sturgeon's often tender explorations of alien minds were as
carefully worked out as Faulkner's exploration of the mind of the
idiot in The Sound and the Fury. His emphasis on psychology instead
of blasters prepared the way for most modern masters of the science
fiction genre."
—Stephen King
"Sturgeon wrote with power, range, vividness, fierce insight, and
above all, with a fine prose style. I turn to him expecting to find
all the pleasures of literature, and he never disappoints."
—Michael Chabon, bestselling author of The Amazing Adventures of
Kavalier and Clay
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