The Man Who Lost the Sea Volume X: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon

by Sturgeon, Theodore; Williams, Paul; Lethem, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9781556435195
• ISBN10: 1556435193
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-28
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Summary

By the winner of the Hugo, the Nebula, and the World Fantasy Life Achievement Awards, this latest volume finds Theodore Sturgeon in fine form as he gains recognition for the first time as a literary short story writer. Written between 1957 and 1960, when Sturgeon and his family lived in both America and Grenada, finally settling in Woodstock, New York, these stories reflect his increasing preference for psychology over ray guns. Stories such as "The Man Who Told Lies," "A Touch of Strange," and "It Opens the Sky" show influences as diverse as William Faulkner and John Dos Passos. Always in touch with the zeitgeist, Sturgeon takes on the Russian Sputnik launches of 1957 with "The Man Who Lost the Sea," switching the scene to Mars and injecting his trademark mordancy and vivid wordplay into the proceedings. These mature stories also don't stint on the scares, as "The Graveyard Reader"one of Boris Karloff's favorite storiesshows. Acclaimed novelist Jonathan Lethem's foreword neatly summarizes Sturgeon's considerable achievement here.

Author Biography

Theodore Sturgeon was born on February 26, 1918 in Staten Island, New York. He died in Eugene, Oregon, on May 8, 1985. A resident of New York City, upstate New York, and Los Angeles, he is the author of more than thirty novels and short story collections.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Jonathan Lethem
A Crime for Llewellyn	1	(32)
It Opens the Sky	33	(46)
A Touch of Strange	79	(14)
The Comedian's Children	93	(46)
The Graveyard Reader	139	(14)
The Man Who Told Lies	153	(2)
The Man Who Lost the Sea	155	(12)
The Man Who Figured Everything (with Don Ward)	167	(28)
Like Young	195	(8)
Night Ride	203	(14)
Need	217	(56)
How to Kill Aunty	273	(24)
Tandy's Story	297	(24)
Story Notes	321
Paul Williams