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The best science fiction is as good as the best fiction in any field.
Theodore Sturgeon
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Theodore Sturgeon
Age: 67 †
Born: 1918
Born: February 26
Died: 1985
Died: May 8
Autobiographer
Journalist
Literary
Literary Critic
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Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
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New York City
E. Waldo Hunter
Edward Hamilton Waldo
Ted Sturgeon
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