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A Way to Best Sci-fi from the Fifties!,
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This review is from: A Way Home (Paperback)
Theodore Sturgeon (1918-1985) was a master short story writer. Here we have a very representative collection, re-edited from older versions, still it is a pity that all of them are out of print; yet do not dismay all his stories has been recently published!
Sturgeon's stories were always captivating, hooking the reader from the first sentence as occurs in "Hurricane Trio". This tale contains all the traits of Theodore's wit: the nucleus of the story is based on human emotions; the exotic component is just a small touch to enhance dramatic possibilities. The author cast a keen regard on human love and the classic trio shearing his thoughts with the reader and at the same time giving light to a gem. One topic that obsessed sci-fi writers was an imminent atomic holocaust as is shown from different optics in "Unite and Conquer" and "Thunder and Roses". "The Hurkel is a Happy Beast" is a comic piece portraying the always conflictive teacher-pupil relationship. "Mewhu's Jet" and "Tiny and the Monster" are also written in comedy clue. "Bulkhead" aka "Who?" is more in a classic juvenile sci-fi story style solved efficiently by Sturgeon. Last but not least the story that gives name to the collection "Way Home" tells the story of a kid running away suddenly faced with different mirrors. I wholeheartedly recommend this collection to sci-fi lovers and general public! Reviewed by Max Yofre.
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Binding Energies,
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This review is from: A Way Home (Paperback)
The golden age of science fiction is more often remembered for its stereotypes - namely the predictable space operas with robots and rockets and dorky heroes. Theodore Sturgeon is also often remembered as a golden age sci-fi bard, but this collection of short stories from the mid-1940s to mid-1950s shows that he was considerably ahead of his time, and foreshadowed the social and interpersonal themes that would come to fruition in sci-fi several decades later. In ways that would not become fashionable in science fiction until at least the 1970s, Sturgeon explored human relationships as they were affected by scientific developments, and this was surely quite groundbreaking for its time. Here we see this human focus in two deceptively simple tales of nuclear paranoia, "Unite and Conquer" and "Thunder and Roses." Humans are unexpectedly affected by personal contact with aliens in "Special Aptitude," "Tiny and the Monster," and especially the wonderful "Mewhu's Jet;" while Sturgeon obliterates the trusty sci-fi archetype of the cooperative scientific space voyage in the chilling "Bulkhead." The most truly groundbreaking tale here is the classic "Hurricane Trio" in which a mysterious alien encounter adds just the right amount of kick to a very complex human drama. For historians of the most influential strains of classic science fiction, Sturgeon's work is essential, so track down this out-of-print collection or any other compendium of stories from the same time period. [~doomsdayer520~]
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