25 Facts About Theodore Sturgeon

Theodore Sturgeon was an American author of primarily fantasy, science fiction, and horror, as well as a critic.

Theodore Sturgeon wrote approximately 400 reviews and more than 120 short stories, 11 novels, and several scripts for Star Trek: The Original Series.

Theodore Sturgeon was born Edward Hamilton Waldo in Staten Island, New York, in 1918.

Theodore Sturgeon's name was legally changed to Theodore Sturgeon at age eleven after his mother's divorce and subsequent marriage to William Dicky Sturgeon.

Theodore Sturgeon's birth father, Edward Waldo, was a color and dye manufacturer of middling success.

Theodore Sturgeon's stepfather, William Dickie Sturgeon, was a mathematics teacher at a prep school and then Romance Languages Professor at Drexel Institute in Philadelphia.

Theodore Sturgeon initially had a somewhat irregular output, frequently suffering from writer's block.

Theodore Sturgeon sold his first story, "Heavy Insurance", in 1938 to the McClure Syndicate, which bought much of his early work.

Theodore Sturgeon did take very seriously Campbell's enthusiasms for psionics and for L Ron Hubbard's Dianetics.

Theodore Sturgeon became a trained auditor and defended the Church for decades.

Theodore Sturgeon was a member of the all-male literary banqueting club the Trap Door Spiders, which served as the basis of Isaac Asimov's fictional group of mystery solvers the Black Widowers.

In 1959, Theodore Sturgeon moved to Truro, Massachusetts where he met and became friendly with a then unknown Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Theodore Sturgeon wrote the screenplays for the Star Trek: The Original Series episodes "Shore Leave" and "Amok Time".

Theodore Sturgeon wrote several more Star Trek scripts that were never produced.

Theodore Sturgeon wrote an episode of the Saturday morning show Land of the Lost, "The Pylon Express", in 1975.

Theodore Sturgeon played guitar and wrote music which he sometimes performed at science fiction conventions.

Theodore Sturgeon died on May 8,1985, of lung fibrosis, at Sacred Heart General Hospital in the neighboring city of Eugene.

Theodore Sturgeon won comparatively few genre awards; one was the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement from the 1985 World Fantasy Convention.

In 1957, Theodore Sturgeon coined what is known as Theodore Sturgeon's Law:.

Theodore Sturgeon was married three times, had two long-term committed relationships outside of marriage, divorced once, and fathered a total of seven children.

Theodore Sturgeon was married to singer Mary Mair from 1949 until an annulment in 1951.

Theodore Sturgeon joined Sturgeon at book signings for his collection "Maturity", and signed as "Jayne Sturgeon".

Theodore Sturgeon published numerous short story collections during his lifetime, many drawing on his most prolific writing years of the 1940s and 1950s.

North Atlantic Books released the chronologically assembled The Complete Short Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, edited by Paul Williams.

Theodore Sturgeon was best known for his short stories and novellas.