Sturgeon Is Alive and Well: A Collection of Short Stories (1971)

A multi-genre collection, but just a 3.13 average.

Sturgeon Is Alive and Well : To Here and the Easel - Theodore Sturgeon
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well : Slow Sculpture - Theodore Sturgeon
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well : It's You! - Theodore Sturgeon
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well : Take Care of Joey - Theodore Sturgeon
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well : Crate - Theodore Sturgeon
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well : The Girl Who Knew What They Ment - Theodore Sturgeon
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well : Jorry's Gap - Theodore Sturgeon
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well : It Was Nothing—Really! - Theodore Sturgeon
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well : Brownshoes - Theodore Sturgeon
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well : Uncle Fremmis - Theodore Sturgeon
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well : The Patterns of Dorne - Theodore Sturgeon
Sturgeon Is Alive and Well : Suicide - Theodore Sturgeon

Hippogriff nuts.

2.5 out of 5

Charged cancer cure.

4 out of 5

Monster Rents.

2.5 out of 5

Injury murder prevention.

3.5 out of 5

Jump Space dead.

3 out of 5

Bits missing.

3 out of 5

Holding start.

3.5 out of 5

Inland Outland Memo.

2.5 out of 5

Mensch monkey puzzle.

3.5 out of 5

Brain wave synchroniser.

3 out of 5

Conquer the lot.

3.5 out of 5

Lights out jumper.

3 out of 5




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This book pulls together eleven stories that were originally published in 1969 and 1970 in a flurry of activity that erupted after a period of prolonged writer's block (from the book's forward I gather that this creative renewal corresponded with a new romantic relationship). To these is added one fairly obscure earlier story, "To Here and the Easel," which was the only included story I had previously read.

Sturgeon is one of my all time favorites, and I came this collection with high expectations. I was especially looking forward to reading the Hugo and Nebula Award winning "Slow Sculpture," but I found this story to be somewhat disappointing. Fortunatelly I found plenty to enjoy in rest of the highly varied included tales (a few of which were not even remotely speculative fiction). My favorites were "Brownshoes," "The Girl Who Knew What They Meant." "Crate," "Take Care of Jorry" and "It's You!" (which I think can only be appreciated by those who have read enough Sturgeon to be surprised at how radically against type it plays). ( )