A Saucer of Loneliness Volume VII: The

Kurt Vonnegut cites Theodore Sturgeon as the inspiration for his character Kilgore Trout. This volume includes 12 stories from 1953, considered Sturgeon's golden era. Among them are such favorites as the title story, "The Silken-Swift," "A Way of Thinking," "The Dark Room," "The Clinic," and "The World Well Lost." It is a text very ahead of its time in advocating gay rights.

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.

Foreword

ix

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

A Saucer of Loneliness

1

(14)

The Touch of Your Hand

15

(46)

The World Well Lost

61

(20)

...And My Fear Is Great

81

(64)

The Wages of Synergy

145

(50)

The Dark Room

195

(42)

Talent

237

(10)

A Way of Thinking

247

(30)

The Silken-Swift

277

(20)

The Clinic

297

(14)

Mr. Costello, Hero

311

(28)

The Education of Drusilla Strange

339

(36)

Story Notes

375

Paul Williams

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A Saucer of Loneliness Volume VII: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon

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Author Biography

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