"The Skills of Xanadu"
| Year for Search |
1956
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| Secondary Title |
Galaxy Science Fiction (New York)
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| Annotation |
Xanadu is a eutopia at once apparently primitive and technological. Stress on community based in part on a form of telepathy derived from common ancestry. The relaxed, informal way of life is contrasted with an explorer who represents a capitalist colonial power. |
| Volume / Edition |
12.3
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| Pagination |
116-43
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| Published Date |
July 1956 |
| ISSN Number |
0016-4003
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| Full Text |
1956 Sturgeon, Theodore (1918-1985). “The Skills of Xanadu.” Galaxy Science Fiction (New York) 12.3 (July 1956): 116-143. Rpt. in 13 Great Stories of Science-Fiction. Ed. Groff Conkilin (Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal/Fawcett Publication, 1960), 148-174; in Alpha 5. Ed. Robert Silverberg (New York: Ballantine Books, 1974), 192-222, with a note on the author on 192; in his To Here and the Easel (London: Panther, 1975), 68-98; in his The Golden Helix (Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, 1979), 166-190; in Imperial Stars. Volume 2. Republic and Empire. Ed. Jerry [Eugene] Pournelle (New York: Baen Books, 1987), 290-321, with a politically oriented Editor’s Introduction on 290-292; in his Selected Stories (New York: Vintage Books, 2000), 118-145; and in And Now the News. . . Volume 9. The Complete Short Stories of Theodore Sturgeon. Ed. Paul Williams (Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2003), 51-79. MoU-St Xanadu is a eutopia at once apparently primitive and technological. Stress on community based in part on a form of telepathy derived from common ancestry. The relaxed, informal way of life is contrasted with an explorer who represents a capitalist colonial power. The author was born Edward Hamilton Waldo but legally changed his name to Theodore Sturgeon. |
| Additional Publishers |
Rpt. in 13 Great Stories of Science-Fiction. Ed. Groff Conkilin (Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal/Fawcett Publication, 1960), 148-174; in Alpha 5. Ed. Robert Silverberg (New York: Ballantine Books, 1974), 192-222, with a note on the author on 192; in his To Here and the Easel (London: Panther, 1975), 68-98; in his The Golden Helix (Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, 1979), 166-190; in Imperial Stars. Volume 2. Republic and Empire. Ed. Jerry [Eugene] Pournelle (New York: Baen Books, 1987), 290-321, with a politically oriented Editor’s Introduction on 290-292; in his Selected Stories (New York: Vintage Books, 2000), 118-145; and in And Now the News. . . Volume 9. The Complete Short Stories of Theodore Sturgeon. Ed. Paul Williams (Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2003), 51-79. |
| Author Note |
The author (1918-85) was born Edward Hamilton Waldo but legally changed his name to Theodore Sturgeon. |
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