Volume One: The Ultimate Egoist (1994), Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Gene Wolfe Volume Two: Microcosmic God (1995), Samuel R. Delany Volume Three: Killdozer! (1996), Robert Silverberg, Robert A. Heinlein Volume Four: Thunder and Roses (1997), James Gunn Volume Five: The Perfect Host (1998), Larry McCaffery Volume Six: Baby is Three (1999), David Crosby Volume Seven: A Saucer of Loneliness (2000), Kurt Vonnegut Volume Eight: Bright Segment (2002), William Tenn (Phil Klass) Volume Nine: And Now the News ... (2003), David G. Hartwell Volume Ten: The Man Who Lost the Sea (2005), Jonathan Lethem Volume Eleven: The Nail and the Oracle (2007), Harlan Ellison Volume Twelve: Slow Sculpture (2009), Connie Willis, Spider Robinson Volume Thirteen: Case and the Dreamer (2010), P. S. Beagle, D. Notkin, Paul Williams Published by North Atlantic books : http://www.northatlanticbooks.com/ Published by Gateway eBooks : https://www.sfgateway.com/

The complete stories of Theodore Sturgeon

Volume One The Ultimate Egoist

Foreword: Ray Bradbury ix Foreward: Arthur C. Clarke xii Foreward: Gene Wolfe xiv Heavy Insurance 3 The Heart 6 Cellmate 10 Fluffy 23 Alter Ego 31Mailed through a Porthole 35 A Noose of Light 40 Strangers on a Train 50 Accidentally on Porpoise 55 The Right Line 70 Golden Day 83 Permit Me My Gesture 86 Watch My Smoke 89 The Other Cheek 92 Extraordinary Seaman 95 One Sick Kid 104 His Good Angel 107 Some People Forget 11O A God in a Garden 113East Is East 139 Three People 142 Eyes of Blue 14 5

Ether Breather 148 Her Choice 163 Cajun Providence 166 Strike Three 169 Contact! 172 The Call 175 Helix the Cat 178 To Shorten Sail 204 Thanksgiving Again 207 Bianca’s Hands 217 Derm Fool 226 He Shuttles 242 Turkish Delight 262 Niobe 265 Mahout 270 The Long Arm 273 The Man on the Steps 276 Punctuational Advice 279 Place of Honor 282 The Ultimate Egoist 285 It 303 Butyl and the Breather 328 Afterword: Story Notes by Paul Williams 351 Afterword: Look About You by Theodore Sturgeon 387

Volume TwoMicrocosmic God

Foreword: Samuel R. Delany vii Cargo 3 Shottle Bop 32 Yesterday Was Monday 59 Brat 77 The Anonymous 95 Two Sidecars 123 Microcosmic God 127 The Haunt 157 Completely Automatic 175

Poker Face 194 Nightmare Island 206 The Purple Light 235 Artnan Process 241 Biddiver 265 The Golden Egg 289 Two Percent Inspiration 309 The Jumper 329 Afterword: Story Notes by Paul Williams 347 Afterword: Microcosmic God (Unfinished Early Draft) 369

Volume ThreeKilldozer !

Foreword: Robert Silverberg ix Blabbermouth 1 Medusa 26Ghost of a Chance 48 The Bones 65 The Hag Seleen 84 Killdozer! 104 Abreaction 177 Poor Yorick 190 Crossfire 194

Noon Gun 197 Bulldozer Is a Noun 211 August Sixth, 1945 227 The Chromium Helmet 231 Memorial 283 Mewhu’s Jet 297 Afterword: Story Notes by Paul Williams (including the original ending of Killdozer! and the unpublished alternate ending of Mewhu’s Jet) 335 Afterword: Robert A. Heinlein 361

Volume SevenA Saucer of Loneliness

Foreword: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr ix A Saucer of Loneliness 1 The Touch of Your Hand 15 The World Well Lost 61 ... And My Fear Is Great. 81 The Wages of Synergy 145 The Dark Room 195 Talent 237

A Way of Thinking 247 The Silken-Swift 277 The Clinic 297 Mr. Costello, Hero 311 The Education of Drusilla Strange 339 Story Notes by Paul Williams 375

Volume FourThunder and Roses

Foreword by James Gunn ix Maturity 1 Tiny and the Monster 60 The Sky Was Full of Ships 97 Largo 109 Thunder and Roses 125 It Wasn’t Syzygy 150 The Blue Letter 179

Wham Bop! 183 Well Spiced 197 Hurricane Trio 214 That Low 245 Memory 250 There Is No Defense 273 The Professor’s Teddy Bear 321 A Way Home 332 Story Notes by Paul Williams 340Appendix: The original second half of Maturity 359

Volume Five The perfect host

Foreword: Larry McCaffery ix Quietly 1 The Music 18 Unite and Conquer 20 The Love of Heaven 63 Till Death Do Us Join 78 The Perfect Host 92 The Martian and the Moron 141 Die, Maestro, Die! 167

The Dark Goddess 201 Scars 2I5 Messenger 223 Minority Report 235 Prodigy 257 Farewell to Eden 269 One Foot and the Grave 283 What Dead Men Tell 324 The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast 353 Story Notes bv Paul Williams 362

Volume Six Baby is three

Foreword: David Crosby ix Shadow, Shadow on the Wall I The Stars Are the Styx 11 Rule of Three 54 Make Room for Me 92 Special Aptitude 119 The Traveling Crag 137 Excalibur and the Atom 171

The Incubi of Parallel X 238 Never Underestimate 293 The Sex Opposite 3 12 Baby Is Three 340 Afteword: Story Notes by Paul Williams 401 Afteword: Apendix Two Autobiographical Essays 416

Volume Eight Bright segment

Foreword: William Tenn ix Cactus Dance 1 The Golden Helix 27 Extrapolation 85 Granny Won’t Knit 115 To Here and the Easel 175 When You’re Smiling 229 Bulkhead 259

The Riddle of Ragnarok 291 Twink 311 Bright Segment 329 So Near the Darkness 355 Story Notes by Paul Williams 389Clockwise 403 Smoke! 405

Volume NineAnd Now the News....

Foreword: David G. Hartwell ix “Won’t You Walk?” 1New York Vignette 31 The Half-Way Tree Murder 35 The Skills of Xanadu 51 The Claustrophile 81 Dead Dames Don’t Dial 113 Fear Is a Business 131 The Other Man 151

The Waiting Thing Inside (with Don Ward) 205 The Deadly Innocent (with Don Ward) 223 And Now the News 239 The Girl Had Guts 261 The Other Celia 287 Affair with a Green Monkey 305 The Pod in the Barrier 317 Afterword: Story Notes by Paul Williams 351

Volume Ten The Man who lost the sea

Foreword: Jonathan Lethem ix A Crime for Llewellyn 1It Opens the Sky 33 A Touch of Strange 79 The Comedian’s Children 93 The Graveyard Reader 139 The Man Who Told Lies 153 The Man Who Lost the Sea 155

The Man Who Figured Everything (with Don Ward) 167 Like Young 195 Night Ride 203 Need 217 How to Kill Aunty 273 Tandy’s Story 297 Afterword:Story Notes by Paul Williams 321

Volume ElevenThe Nail and the Oracle

Foreword: Abiding with Sturgeon: Mistral in the Bijou by Harlan Ellison ix Ride In, Ride Out (with Don Ward) 1Assault and Little Sister 25 When You Care, When You Love 43Holdup a la Carte 85 How to Forget Baseball 95 The Nail and the Oracle 117

If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister? 137 Runesmith (with Harlan Ellison) 181Jorry’s Gap 199 Brownshoes 211 It Was Nothing-Really! 223 Take Care of Joey 237 Story Notes by Paul Williams 247

Volume Twelve Slow Sculpture

Foreword: Theodore Sturgeon and “The Man Who Lost the Sea” by Connie Willis ix The [Widget], the [Wadget], and BoH I The Beholders 87 It’s You! 93 Slow Sculpture 101 The Girl Who Knew What They Meant 123 The Patterns of Dorne 131 Crate 147 Suicide 159 Uncle Fremmis 169 Necessary and Sufficient 185 The Verity File 205 Occam’s Scalpel 223

Dazed 247 Pruzy’s Pot 273 Afterword: Afterword to “Pruzy’s Pot” by Spider Robinson 285 Afterword: Story Notes by Noel Sturgeon 289 Afterword: About Theodore Sturgeon 299

Volume Thirten Case and the Dreamer

Foreword: Theodore Sturgeon and The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle xi Foreword: Lifelong Passion: Theodore Stur-geon’s Fiction, by Debbie Notkin xv Tuesdays are Worse 3 Case and the Dreamer 11Agnes, Accent and Access 55 Ingenious Aylmer 71 The Sheriff of Chayute 73 The Mysterium 87 “I Love Maple Walnut” 101 Blue Butter 103 The Singsong of Cecily Snow 111 Harry’s Note 117

Time Warp 135 The Country of Afterward 157 Like Yesterday 179 Why Dolphins Don’t Bite 191 Vengeance Is 255 Seasoning 263 Not an Affair 275 Black Moccasins 297 The Trick 303 Grizzly 317 Afterword: Theodore Sturgeon Storyteller by Paul Williams 327 Afterword: Story Notes, by Noel Sturgeon 355 Afterword: Index of Stories in The Com-plete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon.

Volume 01 One: The Ultimate Egoist, (1994), Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Gene WolfeVolume 02 Two: Microcosmic God, (1995), Samuel R. DelanyVolume 03 Three: Killdozer!, (1996), Robert Silverberg, Robert A. HeinleinVolume 04 Four: Thunder and Roses, (1997), James GunnVolume 05 Five: The Perfect Host, (1998), Larry McCafferyVolume 06 Six: Baby is Three, (1999), David CrosbyVolume 07 Seven: A Saucer of Loneliness, (2000), Kurt VonnegutVolume 08 Eight: Bright Segment, (2002), William Tenn, Phil KlassVolume 09 Nine: And Now the News ..., (2003), David G. HartwellVolume 10 Ten: The Man Who Lost the Sea, (2005), Jonathan LethemVolume 11 Eleven: The Nail and the Oracle, (2007), Harlan EllisonVolume 12 Twelve: Slow Sculpture, (2009), Connie Willis, Spider RobinsonVolume 13 Thirteen: Case and the Dreamer, (2010), Peter S. Beagle, Debbie Notkin, Paul Williams

... And My Fear Is Great. 81,V07A Crime for Llewellyn I,V10A God in a Garden 113,V01A Noose of Light 40,V01A Saucer of Loneliness 1,V07A Touch of Strange 79,V10A Way Home 332,V04A Way of Thinking 247,V07Abreaction 177,V03Accidentally on Porpoise 55,V01Affair with a Green Monkey 305,V09Afterword: About Theodore Sturgeon 299,V12Afterword: Afterword to “Pruzy’s Pot” by Spider Robinson 285,V12Afterword: Apendix Two Autobiographical Essays 416,V06Afterword: Index of Stories in The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon. 399,V13Afterword: Look About You by Theodore Sturgeon 387,V01Afterword: Microcosmic God (Unfinished Early Draft) 369,V02Afterword: Robert A. Heinlein 361,V03Afterword: Story Notes by Noel Sturgeon 289,V12Afterword: Story Notes by Paul Williams 321,V10Afterword: Story Notes by Paul Williams 347,V02Afterword: Story Notes by Paul Williams 351,V01Afterword: Story Notes by Paul Williams 359,V09Afterword: Story Notes by Paul Williams 401,V06Afterword: Story Notes by Paul Williams (including the original ending of Killdozer! and the unpublished alternate ending of Mewhu’s Jet) 335,V03Afterword: Story Notes, by Noel Sturgeon 355,V13Afterword: Theodore Sturgeon Storyteller by Paul Williams 327,V13

Agnes, Accent and Access 55,V13Alter Ego 3 I,V01And Now the News 239,V09The Anonymous 95,V02Appendix: The original second half of Maturity 359,V04Artnan Process 241,V02Assault and Little Sister 25,V11August Sixth, 1945 227,V03

Baby Is Three 340,V06The Beholders 87,V12Bianca’s Hands 217,V01Biddiver 265,V02Blabbermouth 1,V03Black Moccasins 297,V13Blue Butter 103,V13The Blue Letter 179,V04The Bones 65,V03Brat 77,V02Bright Segment 329,V08Brownshoes 211,V11Bulkhead 259,V08Bulldozer Is a Noun 211,V03Butyl and the Breather 328,V01

Cactus Dance 1,V08Cajun Providence 166,V01The Call 175,V01Cargo 3,V02Case and the Dreamer 11,V13Cellmate 10,V01The Chromium Helmet 231,V03The Claustrophile 81,V09The Clinic 297,V07Clockwise 403,V08The Comedian’s Children 93,V10Completely Automatic 175,V02Contact! 172,V01The Country of Afterward 157,V13Crate 147,V12Crossfire 194,V03

Revised by www.spikynorman.net - 19 May 2020

Series published in hardback by http://www.northatlanticbooks.com/ and in eBooks from https://www.sfgateway.com/

The Dark Goddess 201,V05The Dark Room 195,V07Dazed 247,V12Dead Dames Don’t Dial 113,V09The Deadly Innocent (with Don Ward) 223,V09Derm Fool 226,V01Die, Maestro, Die! 167,V05

East Is East 139,V01The Education of Drusilla Strange 339,V07Ether Breather 148,V01Excalibur and the Atom 171,V06Extraordinary Seaman 95,V01Extrapolation 85,V08Eyes of Blue 14 5,V01

Farewell to Eden 269,V05Fear Is a Business 131,V09Fluffy 23,V01Foreward: Arthur C. Clarke xii,V01Foreward: Gene Wolfe xiv,V01Foreword by James Gunn ix,V04Foreword: Abiding with Sturgeon: Mistral in the Bijou by Harlan Ellison ix,V11Foreword: David Crosby ix,V06Foreword: David G. Hartwell ix,V09Foreword: Jonathan Lethem ix,V10Foreword: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr ix,V07Foreword: Larry McCaffery ix,V05Foreword: Lifelong Passion: Theodore Sturgeon’s Fiction, by Debbie Notkin xv,V13Foreword: Ray Bradbury ix,V01Foreword: Robert Silverberg ix,V03Foreword: Samuel R. Delany vii,V02Foreword: Theodore Sturgeon and “The Man Who Lost the Sea” by Connie Willis ix,V12Foreword: Theodore Sturgeon and The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle xi,V13Foreword: William Tenn ix,V08

Ghost of a Chance 48,V03The Girl Had Guts 261,V09The Girl Who Knew What They Meant 123,V12Golden Day 83,V01The Golden Egg 289,V02The Golden Helix 27,V08Granny Won’t Knit 115,V08The Graveyard Reader 139,V10Grizzly 317,V13

The Hag Seleen 84,V03The Half-Way Tree Murder 35,V09Harry’s Note 117,V13The Haunt 157,V02He Shuttles 242,V01The Heart 6,V01Heavy Insurance 3,V01Helix the Cat 178,V01Her Choice 163,V01His Good Angel 107,V01Holdup a la Carte 85,V11How to Forget Baseball 95,V11How to Kill Aunty 273,V10The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast 353,V05Hurricane Trio 214,V04

“I Love Maple Walnut” 101,V13If All Men Were Brothers,,V11The Incubi of Parallel X 238,V06Ingenious Aylmer 71,V13It 303,V01It Opens the Sky 33,V10It Was Nothing-Really! 223,V11It Wasn’t Syzygy 150,V04It’s You! 93,V12

Jorry’s Gap 199,V11The Jumper 329,V02Killdozer! 104,V03

Largo 109,V04Like Yesterday 179,V13Like Young 195,V10The Long Arm 273,V01The Love of Heaven 63,V05

Mahout 270,V01Mailed through a Porthole 35,V01Make Room for Me 92,V06The Man Who Figured Everything (with Don Ward) 167,V10The Man Who Lost the Sea ISS,V10The Man Who Told Lies 153,V10The Man on the Steps 276,V01The Martian and the Moron 141,V05Maturity 1,V04Medusa 26,V03Memorial 283,V03Memory 250,V04Messenger 223,V05Mewhu’s Jet 297,V03Microcosmic God 127,V02Minority Report 235,V05Mr. Costello, Hero 311,V07The Music 18,V05The Mysterium 87,V13

The Nail and the Oracle 117,V11Necessary and Sufficient 185,V12

Need 217,V10Never Underestimate 293,V06New York Vignette 31,V09Night Ride 203,V10Nightmare Island 206,V02Niobe 265,V01Noon Gun 197,V03Not an Affair 275,V13

Occam’s Scalpel 223,V12One Foot and the Grave 283,V05One Sick Kid 104,V01The Other Celia 287,V09The Other Cheek 92,V01The Other Man 151,V09The Patterns of Dorne 131,V12The Perfect Host 92,V05

Permit Me My Gesture 86,V01Place of Honor 282,V01The Pod in the Barrier 317,V09Poker Face 194,V02Poor Yorick 190,V03Prodigy 257,V05The Professor’s Teddy Bear 321,V04Pruzy’s Pot 273,V12Punctuational Advice 279,V01The Purple Light 235,V02

Quietly 1,V05

The Riddle of Ragnarok 291,V08Ride In, Ride Out (with Don Ward) I,V11The Right Line 70,V01Rule of Three 54,V06Runesmith (with Harlan Ellison) 181,V11

Scars 2I5,V05Seasoning 263,V13The Sex Opposite 3 12,V06Shadow, Shadow on the Wall I,V06The Sheriff of Chayute 73,V13Shottle Bop 32,V02The Silken-Swift 277,V07The Singsong of Cecily Snow 111,V13The Skills of Xanadu 51,V09The Sky Was Full of Ships 97,V04Slow Sculpture 101,V12Smoke! 405,V08So Near the Darkness 355,V08Some People Forget 11O,V01Special Aptitude 119,V06The Stars Are the Styx 11,V06Story Notes by Paul Williams 247,V11Story Notes by Paul Williams 340,V04Story Notes bv Paul Williams 362,V05Story Notes by Paul Williams 375,V07Story Notes by Paul Williams 389,V08Strangers on a Train 50,V01Strike Three 169,V01Suicide 159,V12

Take Care of Joey 237,V11Talent 237,V07Tandy’s Story 297,V10Thanksgiving Again 207,V01That Low 245,V04There Is No Defense 273,V04Three People 142,V01Thunder and Roses 125,V04Till Death Do Us Join 78,V05Time Warp 135,V13Tiny and the Monster 60,V04To Here and the Easel 175,V08To Shorten Sail 204,V01The Touch of Your Hand 15,V07The Traveling Crag 137,V06The Trick 303,V13Tuesdays are Worse 3,V13Turkish Delight 262,V01Twink 311,V08Two Percent Inspiration 309,V02Two Sidecars 123,V02The Ultimate Egoist 285,V01

Uncle Fremmis 169,V12Unite and Conquer 20,V05

Vengeance Is 255,V13The Verity File 205,V12The Wages of Synergy 145,V07The Waiting Thing Inside (with Don Ward) 205,V09Watch My Smoke 89,V01Well Spiced 197,V04The [Widget], the [Wadget], and Boff I,V12Wham Bop! 183,V04What Dead Men Tell 324,V05When You Care, When You Love 43,V11When You’re Smiling 229,V08Why Dolphins Don’t Bite 191,V13“Won’t You Walk?” 1,V09The World Well Lost 61,V07Would You Let One Marry Your Sister? 137,V11

Yesterday Was Monday 59,V02