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.
- ISBN10 1556433506
- ISBN13 9781556433504
- Publish Date 10 October 2000
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 400
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781556433504