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Theodore Sturgeon

    26 février 1918 – 8 mai 1985

    Theodore Sturgeon s'impose comme une figure de proue de la science-fiction contemporaine et du dark fantasy, renommé pour ses nouvelles et romans magistraux. Son œuvre plonge au cœur de la psyché humaine, explorant des relations complexes et des dilemmes moraux avec une nuance remarquable. Le style distinctif de Sturgeon, qui mêle habilement le fantastique à l'intensément émotionnel, a inspiré des générations d'écrivains et continue de façonner la fiction spéculative. Sa capacité à créer des personnages inoubliables et des récits captivants cimente son héritage en tant que voix essentielle du genre.

    Theodore Sturgeon
    Beyond
    Venus Plus X
    More Than Human
    The Stars are the Styx
    Roadside Picnic
    Case and the Dreamer
    • Case and the Dreamer

      • 155pages
      • 6 heures de lecture
      4,6(53)Évaluer

      Three fantastic tales from the future and beyond. Contains: Case & the Dreamer 1973 If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister? 1967 When You Care, When You Love 1962

      Case and the Dreamer
    • Roadside Picnic

      • 160pages
      • 6 heures de lecture
      4,2(46422)Évaluer

      Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those strange misfits who are compelled by some unknown force to venture illegally into the Zone and, in spite of the extreme danger, collect the mysterious artefacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the Zone and the thriving black market in the alien products. Even the nature of his daughter has been determined by the Zone. And it is for her that Red makes his last, tragic foray into the hazardous and hostile depths

      Roadside Picnic
    • Tandy's Story (1961)Rule of Three (1951)The Education of Drusilla Strange (1954)Granny Won't Knit (1954)When You're Smiling (1955)The Claustrophile (1956)The Other Man (1956)The Stars Are the Styx (1950)Occam's Scalpel (1971)Dazed (1971)

      The Stars are the Styx
    • In this genre-bending novel—among the first to have launched sci-fi into the arena of literature—one of the great imaginers of the twentieth century tells a story as mind-blowing as any controlled substance and as affecting as a glimpse into a stranger's soul. There's Lone, the simpleton who can hear other people's thoughts and make a man blow his brains out just by looking at him. There's Janie, who moves things without touching them, and there are the teleporting twins, who can travel ten feet or ten miles. There's Baby, who invented an antigravity engine while still in the cradle, and Gerry, who has everything it takes to run the world except for a conscience. Separately, they are talented freaks. Together, they compose a single organism that may represent the next step in evolution, and the final chapter in the history of the human race. As the protagonists of More Than Human struggle to find out who they are and whether they are meant to help humanity or destroy it, Theodore Sturgeon explores questions of power and morality, individuality and belonging, with suspense, pathos, and a lyricism rarely seen in science fiction. Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and International Fantasy Awards

      More Than Human
    • In a futuristic world called Ledom, Charlie Johns grapples with a society where traditional concepts of gender and sexuality have vanished, replaced by a harmonious existence free from violence and societal strife. Technology has resolved fundamental human issues such as hunger and pollution, creating a utopia that challenges Charlie's understanding of identity and relationships. Theodore Sturgeon's work explores these themes, offering a thought-provoking vision of a civilization unburdened by gender dynamics.

      Venus Plus X
    • Beyond

      • 187pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      This collection, including the famous "Abreaction" and "Like Young", shows Sturgeon at the peak of his mastery of mind and heart expanding story telling. * "Need" (1960) * "Abreaction" (1948) * "Nightmare Island" (1941) * "Largo" (1947) * "The Bones" (1943) * "Like Young" (1960)Cover Artist: Tom Hallman

      Beyond
    • 4 stories of unique adventure...from interplanetary intrigue to our own planet's possible tomorrows.4 top writers - Sturgeon, MacDonald, Cartmill, Tubb - in a brand-new collection of fine science-fiction.Dimension 4 is a window on a weird and wonderful new dimension in reading.Contents:"Won't You Walk..." • (1956) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon Sense of Proportion • (1958) • novelette by E. C. Tubb Trojan Horse Laugh • (1949) • novelette by John D. MacDonald Some Day We'll Find You • (1942) • novella by Cleve Cartmill

      Dimension 4