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Sturgeon, Theodore NOT WITHOUT SORCERY 1961 abridgement of 1948 book | |
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1975 1st Paperback Darrell K. Sweet $1.50 near-Fine | ||
Not Without Sorcery, by Theodore Sturgeon. This is an abridgement containing 8 of 13 stories from the 1948 Prime Press hardcover of his first collection of stories: Without Sorcery (which has never been reprinted in its entirety - all paperback editions have the abridged contents.) Most of these are fantasy - they all sold to John W. Campbell, who was also editor of Unknown. "It" is a classic story of a Frankenstein-like creature spontaneously created from a skeleton and forest mold - (it) still packs a punch. (Preface by Theodore Sturgeon) These originally appeared from 1939 to 1941 - (5) in Astounding and (3) in Unknown. The 5 stories omitted from the 1948 hardcover can be found in other Sturgeon collections (and without much duplication/overlap.) And all of them appear in the (fairly expensive) "recent"/retrospective set from North Atlantic Books. |