The Innumerable Short Stories of Theodore Sturgeon
One of the stories that remains a favorite for me is Theodore Sturgeon’s “Microcosmic God”, which I tore through when I received a copy of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame way back in High School. Sturgeon became an author that I’d turn to pretty quickly whenever I picked up another anthology, and I’ve generally enjoyed all of the stories I’ve read from him.
Sturgeon is someone who’s popped up a bit in the column already, and he’s been someone I’ve been wanting to write about for a while now. He left an enormous footprint within the SF/F short fiction genre, and his work really ran counter to the largely conservative-leaning authors and stories that had been published by Campbell & imitators.
Go read The Innumerable Short Stories of Theodore Sturgeon over on the Kirkus Reviews Blog.
I had the same book in my all boys high school in ‘Literature of Science Fiction’.
Nice biography. Sturgeon was unique and many of his stories are still fresh. One small correction: the title of the 13 volume collection is The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon.
http://www.theodoresturgeontrust.com/completeStories.html