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A Saucer of Loneliness

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This sci-fi and fantasy master, the only author to have won the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, International Fantasy Award, and World Fantasy Award. engages psychology, humanity, and stunning narrative in a volume of shorts that includes "The Silken-Swift," "A Way of Thinking," "The Dark Room," "The Clinic," and "The World Well Lost," as well as the title story. Included are 12 stories from 1953, considered Sturgeon’s golden era.

"Intelligent, humane, tantalizing stories, every one of which evokes the sense of wonder." — Carl Sagan

Contents:

  • Foreword by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
  • A Saucer of Loneliness
  • The Touch of Your Hand
  • The World Well Lost
  • ...And My Fear Is Great...
  • The Wages of Synergy
  • The Dark Room
  • Talent
  • A Way of Thinking
  • The Silken-Swift
  • The Clinic
  • Mr. Costello, Hero
  • The Education of Drusilla Strange
  • Story Notes by Paul Williams
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The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon

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Theodore Sturgeon

Theodore Sturgeon (Edward Hamilton Waldo, 1918–1985) was a celebrated American science fiction author.

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