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The Ultimate Egoist

The Ultimate Egoist
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2013-04-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1583947450

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A collection of the early works of Theodore Sturgeon, acclaimed Grand Master of Science Fiction—featuring forewords by Ray Bradbury and Arthur C. Clarke Although Theodore Sturgeon's reach was limited to the lengths of the short story and novelette, his influence was strongly felt by even the most original science fiction stylists—including Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, and Gene Wolfe. Written from 1937 to 1940, the stories here showcase Sturgeon's masterful knack for clever, O. Henry-ish plot twists, sparkling character development, and almost archetypal, “Why didn't I think of that?” story ideas. Early Sturgeon masterpieces include “It,” a story about the violence done by a creature spontaneously born from garbage and mud, and “Helix the Cat,” about an inventor's bizarre encounter with a disembodied soul and the cat that saves it. Featuring more than forty stories, The Ultimate Egoist is a timelessly entertaining tour through the early career and unique genius of this legend of science fiction.


The Ultimate Egoist

The Ultimate Egoist
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 387
Release: 1994
Genre: Science fiction
ISBN: 9781556431821

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Sci-fi. First in a ten-vol series. This volume contains 53 short stories, covering the period 1938-42.


Love of the Egoist

Love of the Egoist
Author: Nero Seal
Publisher:
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2018-06-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781983246166

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"I wanted to play with you... punish you. But now, I want to ruin your world and turn it pitch black. Isolate you so you don't have anything left except me. And remember, it's your own fault."* * * Isolation. Loneliness. Endless silence stretching into eternity.This is the personal living hell of police detective, Kuon Leiris.His punishment for ruining the Black Duke's deal.But when nights come, it gets worse... Cruelty. Care. Brutality. Affection. Constant mind games where he can do nothing, but give in.Yugo pours his every corrupt desire into his prey, testing the limits of their twisted relationship. Do you dare enter a dark world where safe-words don't exist?


Microcosmic God

Microcosmic God
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2013-04-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1583947469

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The second of a planned 10 volumes that will reprint all Sturgeon's short fiction covers his prolific output during 1940 and 1941, after which he suffered five years of writer's block. Showcasing Sturgeon's early penchant for fantasy, the first six selections include whimsical ghost stories, such as "Cargo," in which a World War II munitions freighter is commandeered by invisible, peace-loving fairies. With the publication of his enduring SF classic, "Microcosmic God," Sturgeon finally found his voice, combining literate, sharp-edged prose with fascinating speculative science while recounting the power struggle between a brilliant scientist, who creates his own miniature race of gadget makers, and his greedy banker. Voice found or not, every one of the stories here is readable and entertaining today because of Sturgeon's singular gifts for clever turns of phrase and compelling narrative. As Samuel R. Delaney emphasizes in an insightful introduction, Sturgeon was the single most influential SF writer from the 1940s through the 1960s.


Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics

Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics
Author: Tara Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2006-04-03
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139455109

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Ayn Rand is well known for advocating egoism, but the substance of that instruction is rarely understood. Far from representing the rejection of morality, selfishness, in Rand's view, actually demands the practice of a systematic code of ethics. This book explains the fundamental virtues that Rand considers vital for a person to achieve his objective well-being: rationality, honesty, independence, justice, integrity, productiveness, and pride. Tracing Rand's account of the harmony of human beings' rational interests, Smith examines what each of these virtues consists of, why it is a virtue, and what it demands of a person in practice. Along the way she addresses the status of several conventional virtues within Rand's theory, considering traits such as kindness, charity, generosity, temperance, courage, forgiveness, and humility. Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics thus offers an in-depth exploration of several specific virtues and an illuminating integration of these with the broader theory of egoism.


Perfect Host

Perfect Host
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2000-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781556433603

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Featuring 17 stories from the late 1940s, "The Perfect Host" is the fifth in a highly acclaimed series that brings together all the short stories of one of the finest science-fiction and fantasy writers of the century. Larry McCaffery writes the Foreword.


A Saucer of Loneliness

A Saucer of Loneliness
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2013-04-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1583947515

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Kurt Vonnegut cites Theodore Sturgeon as the inspiration for his character Kilgore Trout. This volume includes 12 stories from 1953, considered Sturgeon's golden era. Among them are such favorites as the title story, "The Silken-Swift," "A Way of Thinking," "The Dark Room," "The Clinic," and "The World Well Lost," a story very ahead of its time in advocating gay rights.


The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon: The ultimate egoist

The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon: The ultimate egoist
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 414
Release: 1994
Genre: Science fiction, American
ISBN:

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The second volume of short stories by Theodore Sturgeon (1918-1985), one of the great figures in science fiction. The title story is on an unusual relationship that forms between a scientist and the microbes he creates in his laboratory.


The Virtue of Selfishness

The Virtue of Selfishness
Author: Ayn Rand
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 185
Release: 1964-11-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1101137223

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A collection of essays that sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, Ayn Rand's controversial, groundbreaking philosophy. Since their initial publication, Rand's fictional works—Anthem, The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged—have had a major impact on the intellectual scene. The underlying theme of her famous novels is her philosophy, a new morality—the ethics of rational self-interest—that offers a robust challenge to altruist-collectivist thought. Known as Objectivism, her divisive philosophy holds human life—the life proper to a rational being—as the standard of moral values and regards altruism as incompatible with man's nature. In this series of essays, Rand asks why man needs morality in the first place, and arrives at an answer that redefines a new code of ethics based on the virtue of selfishness. More Than 1 Million Copies Sold!


Some of Your Blood

Some of Your Blood
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2013-04-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1453295453

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One of the Horror Writers Association’s Top 40 Horror Books of All Time—the story of a troubled soldier and his bizarre, violent obsession with vampirism. At the height of an unnamed war, a soldier is confined for striking an officer. Referred to as George Smith in official papers and records, the prisoner comes under the observation of Army psychiatrist Philip Outerbridge, who asks the young man to put his story down on paper. The result is a shocking tale of abuse, violence, and twisted love, a personal history as dark and troubling as any the doctor has ever encountered. Believing the patient to be dangerously psychotic, Dr. Outerbridge must dig deeper into his psyche. And when the truth about the strange case of George Smith is fully revealed, the results will be devastating. Told through letters, transcripts, and case studies, Some of Your Blood is an extraordinary, poignant yet terrifying, genre-defying novel. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Theodore Sturgeon including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the University of Kansas’s Kenneth Spencer Research Library and the author’s estate, among other sources.