"The Skills of Xanadu"

Title"The Skills of Xanadu"
Year for Search1956
AuthorsSturgeon, Theodore(1918-1985)
Secondary TitleGalaxy Science Fiction (New York)
Volume / Edition 12.3
Pagination116-43
Date PublishedJuly 1956
ISSN Number0016-4003
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Xanadu is a eutopia at once primitive and technological, with the technology allowing a natural way of life. See the note at 1949 Sturgeon.

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Rpt. in his The Golden Helix (Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, 1979), 166-90; in his To Here and the Easel (London: Panther, 1975), 68-98; 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.

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Author Note

The author (1918-85) was born Edward Hamilton Waldo but legally changed his name to Theodore Sturgeon.

Full Text

1956 Sturgeon, Theodore (1918-85). “The Skills of Xanadu.” Galaxy Science Fiction (New York) 12.3 (July 1956): 116-43. Rpt. in his The Golden Helix (Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, 1979), 166-90; in his To Here and the Easel (London: Panther, 1975), 68-98; 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 primitive and technological, with the technology allowing a natural way of life. The author was born Edward Hamilton Waldo but legally changed his name to Theodore Sturgeon.