Theodore Sturgeon

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born

February 26, 1918 in Staten Island, New York, The United States

died

May 08, 1985

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male

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Theodore Sturgeon was an American science fiction author. He was born Edward Hamilton Waldo in Staten Island, New York; in 1929, after a divorce, his mother married William Sturgeon, and Edward changed his name to Theodore the better to match his nickname, "Ted".

Sturgeon died on May 8, 1985, of lung fibrosis, in Eugene, Oregon. Sturgeon lived for several years in the neighboring city of Springfield.

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Average rating: 3.98 · 9,917 ratings · 693 reviews · 234 distinct works

	More Than Human 4.00 avg rating — 2,963 ratings — published 1953 — 44 editions	My rating:
	The Dreaming Jewels 3.94 avg rating — 473 ratings — published 1950 — 26 editions	My rating:
	Venus Plus X 3.64 avg rating — 397 ratings — published 1960 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Some of Your Blood by Theodore Sturgeon, Steve Rasnic Tem (Introduction) 3.88 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 1961 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Godbody 4.00 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 1986 — 6 editions	My rating:
	E Pluribus Unicorn 4.05 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 1953 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Microcosmic God (Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon 2) by Theodore Sturgeon, Paul Williams (Editor), Samuel R. Delany (Introduction) 4.17 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	My rating:
	To Marry Medusa 3.64 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 1958 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Ultimate Egoist (Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon #1) by Theodore Sturgeon, Paul Williams (Editor) 4.05 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Killdozer! (Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon 3) by Theodore Sturgeon, Paul Williams (Editor), Robert Silverberg (Foreword by) 4.04 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1982 — 4 editions	My rating:

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“90% of everything is crap.”
― Theodore Sturgeon

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“Why must we love where the lightning strikes, and not where we choose? ”
― Theodore Sturgeon, E Pluribus Unicorn

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“Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever.”
― Theodore Sturgeon

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