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Without Sorcery

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Illustrator
  
L. Robert Tschirky

Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Hardback)

Originally published
  
1948

Page count
  
355

Publisher
  
Prime Press

Cover artist
  
L. Robert Tschirky

Publication date
  
1948

Pages
  
355

Author
  
Theodore Sturgeon

Genre
  
Science Fiction

Country
  
United States of America

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Without Sorcery is a collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories by author Theodore Sturgeon. The collection was first published in 1948 by Prime Press in an edition of 2,862 copies of which 80 were specially bound, slipcased and signed by the author and artist. The stories first appeared in the magazines Astounding and Unknown.

Contents

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Contents

  • Introduction, by Ray Bradbury
  • "The Ultimate Egoist"
  • "It"
  • "Poker Face"
  • "Shottle Bop"
  • "Artnan Process"
  • "Memorial"
  • "Ether Breather"
  • "Butyl and the Breather"
  • "Brat"
  • "Two Percent Inspiration"
  • "Cargo"
  • "Maturity"
  • "Microcosmic God"
  • Publication history

  • 1948, US, Prime Press OCLC 5147779, Pub date 1948, Hardback
  • 1961, US, Ballantine Books OCLC 2235821, Pub date 1961, Paperback as Not Without Sorcery, omits 5 stories
  • It!

    To promote Without Sorcery, Prime Press published the story "It" in advance of the full collection. The book was published in paperback in an edition of 200 copies OCLC 19372331. 50 copies were given away at the Associated Fantasy Publishers party at the 6th World Science Fiction Convention and most were signed by Sturgeon. Few of the remaining copies were sold and the remainder are assumed destroyed.

    Reception

    Boucher and McComas named Without Sorcery the best SF short fiction collection of 1949, citing the way Sturgeon "combines ingenious concepts with humor, humanity and sheer good writing." Astounding reviewer P. Schuyler Miller praised the collection, saying it included "perhaps the greatest variety of any short-story collection yet brought out by the fantasy publishers."

    References

    Without Sorcery Wikipedia