Microcosmic God

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MICROCOSMIC GOD "I probably would not have wanted to write science fiction if Sturgeon's work had not affected me the way it did. If we do not read Sturgeon, our readings of all the other indubitable artists of our field will be deeply impoverished."-Sámuel R. Delany, in his foreword to the book Theodore Sturgeon's body of work has had enduring impact on how science fiction is written and read. This second volume of The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon offers multiple rewards. The first is the pleasure of the stories themselves, all written in 1940 and 1941, a few never published in book form. The title story, "Microcosmic God," placed among the top five vote-getters when all living science fiction writers in 1969 (28 years iater!) were asked to select "the greatest science fiction stories of all time." To the extent that fantasy is a separate form from science fiction, a story such as "Cargo" shows that Sturgeon is as much a fantasy writer as a master of science fiction. This... Tovább

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MICROCOSMIC GOD "I probably would not have wanted to write science fiction if Sturgeon's work had not affected me the way it did. If we do not read Sturgeon, our readings of all the other indubitable artists of our field will be deeply impoverished."-Sámuel R. Delany, in his foreword to the book Theodore Sturgeon's body of work has had enduring impact on how science fiction is written and read. This second volume of The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon offers multiple rewards. The first is the pleasure of the stories themselves, all written in 1940 and 1941, a few never published in book form. The title story, "Microcosmic God," placed among the top five vote-getters when all living science fiction writers in 1969 (28 years iater!) were asked to select "the greatest science fiction stories of all time." To the extent that fantasy is a separate form from science fiction, a story such as "Cargo" shows that Sturgeon is as much a fantasy writer as a master of science fiction. This second volume of the collected stories of Sturgeon captures that moment in the author's career when he first began to think of himself as a "science fiction writer" and full-time professional writer. He was finding his voice and self-confidence, but he would soon lose both. Between June 1941 and May 1944 he found himself unable to write a word. The stories in this book, all written between Sturgeon's marriage in spring 1940 and his departure for Jamaica in late spring 1941, show an author hard at work trying to produce stories that would be acceptable to the one editor (John Campbell of Astounding and Unknown) who made it possible for Sturgeon to support his young family. They represent Sturgeon's first flowering, a time when he made a considerable and lasting reputation; but they alsó represent the final work he was Vissza