Most Popular Books by Theodore Sturgeon

Nei suoi otto anni di vita Horty Bluett non ha mai conosciuto l''amore: i genitori adottivi sono violenti, i compagni di scuola crudeli. Così decide di scappare di casa, e si unisce a un luna park. Ma neppure lì è al sicuro, perché Horty non è un bambino come gli altri, ha delle facoltà speciali, e qualcuno vuole approfittarne... Il volume raccoglie The Dreaming Jewels, il capolavoro di Sturgeon, in una nuova traduzione, insieme ad altri romanzi e romanzi brevi ed è arricchito da uno scritto di Nicoletta Vallorani.

Analyse : Roman de science-fiction. Nouvelles.

This is a new release of the original 1948 edition.

From the SF Gateway, the most comprehensive digital library of classic SFF titles ever assembled, comes an ideal sample introduction to the fantastic imagination of Theodore Sturgeon, one of the great names in science fiction. Highly acclaimed for his short fiction, Sturgeon is nevertheless best known for his 1953 novel, MORE THAN HUMAN, and for scripting the STAR TREK episode ''Amok Time'', which introduced the Vulcan mating ritual, the pon farr. This omnibus contains three of his finest works: THE DREAMING JEWELS, TO MARRY MEDUSA and VENUS PLUS X.

A replica of the October 1950 issue of GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION digest magazine featuring TIME QUARRY by Clifford D. Simak, THE STARS ARE THE STYX by Theodore Sturgeon, CONTAGION by Katherine MacLean, THIRD FROM THE SUN by Richard Matheson, LATER THAN YOU THINK by Fritz Leiber, THE LAST MARTIAN by Fredric Brown, and DARWINIAN POOL ROOM by Isaac Asimov.

Onze récits écrits entre 1941 et 1958 par l''un des maîtres encore actif et actuel de la double formule "fantastique et science-fiction" où il excelle. Choix d''histoires avec présentations des textes.

The second volume of short stories by Theodore Sturgeon (1918-1985), one of the great figures in science fiction. The title story is on an unusual relationship that forms between a scientist and the microbes he creates in his laboratory.

Pour Tousseul, idiot congénital et analphabète, la vie n''est qu''une fuite éperdue loin du regard des hommes. Il ne s''arrête que pour mendier ou dérober de la nourriture, avant de trouver un jour refuge au cour de la foret. C''est là qu''il va construire la plus étonnante famille qu''on puisse imaginer, avec un groupe d''enfants aux dons étranges. Autant de personnalités que rien ne destinait à se rencontrer, mais qui ensemble forment les "plus qu''humains", une entité presque parfaite d''un ordre supérieur...