Theodore Sturgeon

Post by **dANdeLION** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 2:53 pm

I love him. My favorite book has to be "The Cosmic Rape", which I bet Zeph likes too. Heh. My favorite short story is "It was nothing, really". WHat do you guys think?

Post by **danlo** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:02 pm

I've read some Theo short stories and a couple of books-More Than Human and, of course, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. I've heard it said that Walter Pidgeon, who played the Admiral Nelson in the original movie, bore a resemblance 2 Sturgeon...

Post by **Roland of Gilead** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 7:37 pm

I've read a couple of Sturgeon's novels and a few short stories. Overall, I like him. My favorite story of his is Occam's Scalpel.

And I love Sturgeon's Law - Ninety percent of everything is crap.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 6:28 pm

Sturgeon's Law! I forgot that! Anyway, I have a favorite title of his, too. It is "If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?" or something like that.

Post by **Roland of Gilead** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 7:47 pm

Dan, that's a great title. Wasn't that his controversial story in Dangerous Visions?

Post by **Durris** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 2:16 am

I love Sturgeon and have been reading him longer than SRD.

My absolute favorite stories of his are "The Traveling Crag" and "A Saucer of Loneliness." Most vehemently recommended. (Make sure you don't have anything scheduled immediately after reading them...high voltage.) "Slow Sculpture" is a close third.

Godbody, a posthumously published novel whose paperback edition has an Afterword by SRD, is another profound piece of work. (I recommend it for mature and nonpuritan readers, as it has erotic content that is essential to the story and the character development.)

Post by **dANdeLION** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:58 pm

Yeah, Godbody is very unique. Kind of reminiscent of Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land", but definitely it's own story.

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