Theodore Sturgeon has written at least 76 books. Their most popular book is More Than Human with 83 saves with an average rating of 3.68⭐.
They are best known for writing in the genres Fantasy, Science fiction, and Classics.
Theodore Sturgeon was born Edward Hamilton Waldo in Staten Island, New York. He changed his name in 1929, choosing Sturgeon to match his mother's surname after her second marriage, and "Theodore" to match his nickname, "Teddy." His mother, Christine Hamilton Dicker Sturgeon, was a well-educated writer, watercolorist, and poet who published journalism, poetry and fiction under the pseudonym Felix Sturgeon.
As an adolescent, Sturgeon wanted to be a circus acrobat, but then had an episode of rheumatic fever. From 1935 to 1938, he was a sailor in the merchant marine. He sold his first story in 1938, and his first science fiction story, "Ether Breather" was published in Astounding Science Fiction in 1939. A few of his early pulp stories were published under the pseudonym "E. Waldo Hunter."
He married his first wife, Dorothe Fillingame, in 1940. That year, they moved to the West Indies, where Sturgeon managed a hotel for about a year. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and in 1944 he returned to the U.S. and worked as an advertising copywriter. He divorced in 1945, and married singer Mary Mair in 1949 until an annulment in 1951. In 1950, he published his first novel, The Dreaming Jewels. In 1951, he married Marion McGahan and they had a son in 1952, a daughters in 1954, a daughter in 1956, and a son in 1960. In 1963, he ghost-wrote the Ellery Queen mystery novel The Player on the Other Side, which received critical praise. He wrote two screenplays for the television show Star Trek in 1966 and 1967, and one screenplay for the show Land of the Lost in 1975, and two of his stories were adapted for The New Twilight Zone. At the height of his popularity in the 1950s he was the most anthologized author alive.
His last long-term committed relationship was with writer and educator Jayne Engelhart Tannehill, with whom he remained until the time of his death. He died in May of 1985 of lung fibrosis, in Eugene, Oregon.
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1 released bookBest of Soviet SF is a 4-book series first released in 1925 with contributions by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, and 5 others.
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1 released bookColección Popular is a 2-book series first released in 1953 with contributions by Theodore Sturgeon and Philip José Farmer.
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2 released booksFoundations of Fear is a 2-book series first released in 1992 .
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2 primary booksHot Blood is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1989 .
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2 primary booksIsaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1979 with contributions by A.E. van Vogt, Milton A. Rothman, and 17 others.
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1 released bookPaperbacks from Hell is a 8-book series first released in 1974 with contributions by Lisa Tuttle, Hugh Zachary, and 6 others.
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1 primary bookStar Science Fiction is a 1-book series first released in 1953 .
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12 primary books13 released booksStar Trek Fotonovel is a 15-book series with 12 primary works first released in 1977 with contributions by Harlan Ellison, Samuel Anthony Peeples, and 11 others.
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80 primary books81 released booksStar Trek: The Original Series is a 158-book series with 80 primary works first released in 1968 with contributions by Gene Roddenberry, Alan Dean Foster, and 79 others.
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6 primary booksThe Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 1995 with contributions by Theodore Sturgeon.
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10 primary booksThe Noon Universe is a 9-book series with 9 primary works first released in 1961 with contributions by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, and 4 others.
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1 primary book2 released booksThe Science Fiction Hall of Fame is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1970 with contributions by C.M. Kornbluth, Lester del Rey, and 21 others.
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1 primary bookThe Year's Best S-F (Merril) is a 1-book series first released in 1959 .