The Perfect Host: Volume V: The Complete Stories of Theodore SturgeonNorth Atlantic Books, 1 oct. 1998 - 408 pages The fifth of ten volumes that will reprint all Sturgeon's short fiction covers his prolific output volume contains 15 classics and two previously unpublished stories, including "Quietly." The Perfect Host provides enough of a representative sampling of Sturgeon's "greatest hits" to give the uninitiated a good sense of what all the fuss was about way back when. At the same time it offers a generous selection of alternate takes and rarities, notably several of Sturgeon's best forays into other forms of genre writing, plus previously unreleased cuts and liner notes. |
Table des matières
The Music | 18 |
The Martian and the Moron | 141 |
Messenger | 223 |
Minority Report | 235 |
Farewell to Eden | 269 |
One Foot and the Grave | 283 |
What Dead Men Tell | 324 |
The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast | 353 |
Story Notes by Paul Williams | 362 |
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