Bright Segment Volume VIII: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon
by Sturgeon, Theodore; Williams, Paul; Tenn, WilliamFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-07-18
Publisher(s): North Atlantic Books
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Summary
Sci-fi master Theodore Sturgeon wrote stories with power and freshness, and in telling them created a broader understanding of humanity -- a legacy for readers and writers to mine for generations. Along with the title story, the collection includes stories written between 1953 and 1955, Sturgeon's greatest period, with such favorites as "Bulkhead," "The Golden Helix," and "To Here and the Easel."
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 | p. ix |
| Cactus Dance | p. 1 |
| The Golden Helix | p. 27 |
| Extrapolation | p. 85 |
| Granny Won't Knit | p. 115 |
| To Here and the Easel | p. 175 |
| When You're Smiling | p. 229 |
| Bulkhead | p. 259 |
| The Riddle of Ragnarok | p. 291 |
| Twink | p. 311 |
| Bright Segment | p. 329 |
| So Near the Darkness | p. 355 |
| Story Notes by Paul Williams | p. 389 |
| Clockwise | p. 403 |
| Smoke! | p. 405 |
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