The Nail and the Oracle The Nail and the Oracle
Book 11 - The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon

The Nail and the Oracle

Volume XI: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon

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Publisher Description

This book contains ten major stories by the master of science fiction, fantasy, and horror written during the 1960s. The controversial “If All Men We re Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?” shows the author’s technique of “ask the next question” used in a way that shatters social conventions. “When You Care, When You Love” offers a prescient vision of the marriage of deep obsessive love and genetic manipulation, written long before actual cloning techniques existed. “Runesmith” constitutes a rare example of Sturgeon collaborating with a legendary colleague, Harlan Ellison. Included also are two other rarities: two detective stories and a Western that showcase Sturgeon’s knack for characterization and action outside his usual genre. “Take Care of Joey” has been read as an allusion to the complex personal relationship between Sturgeon and Ellison, while “It Was Nothing, Really!” hilariously skewers the mores of the military-industrial complex. As always, these stories demonstrate not only Sturgeon’s brilliant wordplay but also his timeliness, with “Brown-shoes” and “The Nail and the Oracle” standing out as powerful commentaries on the use and abuse of power that might have been written yesterday.

GENRE
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
RELEASED
2007
July 17
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
288
Pages
PUBLISHER
North Atlantic Books
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
7.5
MB
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