To Marry Medusa, Theodore Sturgeon
To Marry Medusa, Theodore Sturgeon
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To Marry Medusa

Author: Theodore Sturgeon

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 4 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/17/2009

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Up until one minute ago, Gurlick was merely a specimen of homo sapiens and a substandard specimen at that. But now this craven, seething, barely literate drunk has ingested a spore that traveled light years before touching down on our planet, a spore that has, in turn, ingested Gurlick, turning him into a host for the Medusa. The Medusa is a hive mind so vast that it encompasses the life forms of a billion planets, a hive mind that is determined to ingest Earth as well. In this mindwrenching classic of science fiction, the visionary novelist Theodore Sturgeon places humanity on a collision course with an organism of unimaginable power and malevolence and reminds us how much we depend on each other, or even on a wretch like Gurlick.

About Theodore Sturgeon

Theodore Sturgeon (1918-1985) is considered one of the godfathers of contemporary science fiction and dark fantasy. The author of numerous acclaimed short stories and novels, among them the classics More Than Human, Venus Plus X, and To Marry Medusa, Sturgeon also wrote for television and holds among his credits two episodes of the original 1960s Star Trek series, for which he created the Vulcan mating ritual and the expression "Live long and prosper." He is also credited as the inspiration for Kurt Vonnegut's recurring fictional character Kilgore Trout.

Sturgeon is the recipient of the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and the International Fantasy Award. In 2000, he was posthumously honored with a World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley on April 03, 2018

Wow, this was fascinating. I've read some really fascinating Sturgeon before but this one is nearly as good as my favorite, More Than Human. There's a ton of great and flawed characters and they were interesting enough to carry us to the freaking huge conclusion. We follow a real villain around for m......more

Goodreads review by Franco on September 03, 2023

Bueno... No esperaba que me gustara este libro.......more

Goodreads review by Craig on August 27, 2024

This novel is an expansion of a novella titled To Marry Medusa which appeared in H.L. Gold's Galaxy Magazine in the August 1958 issue. (With interior illustrations by Leo & Diane Dillon!) It's a good story about a hive-mind alien invasion and the Earthmen who thwart it. (It? Them?) Sturgeon wrote a......more

Goodreads review by Alia on May 04, 2022

Can’t wait for the honeymoon! To Marry Medusa by Theodore Sturgeon. Sturgeon manages to take some classic figures in a seemingly pulpy story like this and spice them with a very creative shift in perspective. A peculiar chap as always. First of all, I tend to seek/read as little as I can about plot and......more

Goodreads review by Sandy on September 15, 2017

In Theodore Sturgeon's International Fantasy Award-winning novel of 1953, "More Than Human," six extraordinary young people with various extrasensory mental abilities blend their powers together to create what the author called a "gestalt consciousness." And in his next novel, the Staten Island-born......more

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