Sturgeon with his third wife, Marion McGahan, and (left to right) daughter Tandy (b. 1954), son Robin (b. 1952), and daughter Noël (b. 1956).
An early draft of Sturgeon’s 1957 story “The Other Celia.” (Photo courtesy of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.)
Sturgeon’s notes for his iconic book More Than Human. (Photo courtesy of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.)
Notes, dated 6/12/66 and entitled “Spock Blows Top,” for an episode of Star Trek that Sturgeon wrote, ultimately titled “Amok Time.” (Photo courtesy of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.)
Sturgeon in his library.
From left to right, author N. K. Jemisin, Noël Sturgeon—Ted’s daughter and trustee of the Theodore Sturgeon Literary Trust—and author Samuel R. Delany at a May 4, 2011, tribute to Sturgeon sponsored by the New York Review of Science Fiction. (Photo courtesy of Marc Blackman.)
The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, which was designed by Elden Tefft and is presented annually by the Center for the Study of Science Fiction for the best short story of the year. (Photo courtesy of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction.)
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this ebook onscreen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 1961 by Theodore Sturgeon
Copyright renewed © 1988 by The Theodore Sturgeon Literary Trust
Afterword copyright 1986 by Stephen R. Donaldson
cover design by Mauricio Diaz
978-1-4532-9545-8
345 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
www.openroadmedia.com
EBOOKS BY THEODORE STURGE
FROM OPEN ROAD MEDIA
Available wherever ebooks are sold
ALSO AVAILABLE:
The Complete Short Stories of Theodore Sturgeon Series
—now in hardcover and ebook!
On sale wherever books are sold from North Atlantic Books, distributed by Random House
www.NorthAtlanticBooks.com
Join the conversation! Find fellow Sturgeon fans at www.NABCommunities.com.
THE COMPLETE STORIES SERIES
II. Microcosmic God (1995)
III. Killdozer! (1996)
IV. Thunder and Roses (1997)
V. The Perfect Host (1998)
VI. Baby Is Three (1999)
VII. A Saucer of Loneliness (2000)
VIII. Bright Segment (2002)
IX. And Now the News… (2003)
X. The Man Who Lost the Sea (2005)
XI. The Nail and the Oracle (2007)
XII. Slow Sculpture (2009)
XIII. Case and the Dreamer (2010)
North Atlantic Books
Videos, Archival Documents, and New Releases
Sign up for the Open Road Media newsletter and get news delivered straight to your inbox.
Sign up now at
www.openroadmedia.com/newsletters
FIND OUT MORE AT
WWW.OPENROADMEDIA.COM
FOLLOW US:
@openroadmedia and
Facebook.com/OpenRoadMedia