The Cosmic Rape

First edition (publ. Dell Books)

The Cosmic Rape is a science fiction novel by Theodore Sturgeon, originally published as an original paperback in August 1958. At the same time, a condensed or edited-down version of the novel was published in Galaxy magazine as a short novel, probably condensed by the editor, under the title To Marry Medusa. It was reprinted in 1977 by Pocket Books.^[1]

Its plot concerns an extraterrestrial hive mind named Medusa, which has assimilated many worlds and life forms and plans to absorb Earth as well. Dan Gurlick is an alcoholic who unknowingly ingests a spore from Medusa, which turns him into a host.

External links

To Marry Medusa at the Internet Archive

References

↑ The Cosmic Rape, Theodore Sturgeon. New York: Pocket Books, 1977 ISBN 0-671-82934-3

Paul Williams, ed. The Man Who Lost the Sea, Volume X: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, p. 333. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2005. ISBN 1-55643-519-3

Theodore Sturgeon

Novels	The Dreaming Jewels More Than Human The Cosmic Rape Venus Plus X Some of Your Blood Godbody

Novelizations	The King and Four Queens Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Rare Breed

Pseudonymous novels	I, Libertine

Short story collections	Without Sorcery E Pluribus Unicorn

Short stories	"Baby Is Three" "Helix the Cat" "If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?" "It!" "Killdozer!" "The Man Who Lost the Sea" "Microcosmic God" "The Pod in the Barrier" "A Saucer of Loneliness" "Shottle Bop" "Slow Sculpture" "The World Well Lost"

Star Trek screenplays	"Shore Leave" "Amok Time"

Other subjects	Theodore Sturgeon Award Sturgeon's law Kilgore Trout

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