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The Man Who Lost the Sea

Theodore Sturgeon

First published October 1959
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

An injured man has visions which finally coalesce into a realization of his reality.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1960 Hugo Award Best Short Fiction Nominee/Finalist
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (59)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1959 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1959 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 5
February 1960 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Ninth Series Doubleday Anthology 252
May 1960 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Ninth Series Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 252
September 1960 The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F Simon & Schuster Anthology 258
January 1961 The Year's Best S-F: 5th Annual Edition Dell Anthology 258
May 1961 The Year's Best S-F: 5th Annual Edition Dell Anthology 258
1962 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Ninth Series Gollancz Anthology
October 1963 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Ninth Series The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Anthology
October 1963 Venture Science Fiction [UK], October 1963 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 82
1964 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 9th Series Ace Books Anthology 243
September 1964 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 9th Series Panther Anthology 198
April 1966 Beyond Belief Scholastic Book Services Anthology 98
October 1966 Beyond Belief Scholastic Book Services Anthology 98
October 1966 The Best of Sci-Fi 5 Mayflower-Dell Anthology 258
1967 The Best of Sci-Fi 5 Mayflower-Dell Anthology 258
1968 Toward Infinity: 9 Science Fiction Tales Simon & Schuster Anthology 11
1969 The Best of Sci-Fi 5 Mayflower Anthology 258
August 1969 First Step Outward Dell Anthology 128
August 1969 First Step Outward Dell Anthology 128
December 1969 Beyond Belief Scholastic Book Services Anthology 98
July 1970 Towards Infinity: Nine Science Fiction Adventures Gollancz Anthology |1
January 1973 Beyond Belief Scholastic Book Services Anthology 98
January 1973 Towards Infinity Pan Books Anthology 15
November 1977 Alpha 8 Berkley Medallion Anthology 152
November 1979 The Golden Helix Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Collection 52
June 1980 The Golden Helix Dell Collection 78
April 1983 The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces Arbor House Anthology 381
February 1984 The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology 381
1985 Great Tales of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 381
January 1985 The Golden Helix Bluejay Books Collection 78
June 1988 Great Tales of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 381
January 1989 The Golden Helix Carroll & Graf Collection 78
January 1989 The World Treasury of Science Fiction Little, Brown / BOMC Anthology 104
February 1989 The World Treasury of Science Fiction Little, Brown Anthology 104
June 1989 The World Treasury of Science Fiction Little, Brown / QPBC Anthology 104
June 1990 The Great SF Stories #21 (1959) DAW Books Anthology 209
June 1990 The Great SF Stories #21 (1959) DAW Books Anthology 209
March 1994 Great Tales of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 381
February 1997 A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 MJF Books Anthology 313
March 1999 My Favorite Science Fiction Story DAW Books Anthology 1
July 1999 My Favorite Science Fiction Story DAW Books / SFBC Anthology 1
October 2000 Selected Stories Vintage Books Collection 407
January 2005 The Man Who Lost the Sea North Atlantic Books Collection 155
September 2005 My Favorite Science Fiction Story ibooks Anthology 1
April 2009 Strange Horizons, 13 April 2009 strangehorizons.com MAGAZINE
2010 The Man Who Lost the Sea North Atlantic Books Collection 155
April 2013 The Man Who Lost the Sea North Atlantic Books Collection |155
April 2013 Selected Stories Open Road Integrated Media Collection |12
April 2013 Selected Stories Open Road Integrated Media Collection |12
September 2013 The Man Who Lost the Sea Gateway / Orion Collection
September 2015 Escape Pod, EP500 Escape Artists, Inc. MAGAZINE
July 2016 The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology 382
July 2016 The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology |34
July 2016 The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection Vintage Crime/Black Lizard / SFBC Anthology 382
November 2018 Space Pioneers Baen Books Anthology 339
November 2018 Space Pioneers Baen Books Anthology
January 2019 Escape Pod, #665 Escape Artists, Inc. MAGAZINE
November 2022 Alpha 8 ReAnimus Press Anthology
November 2022 Alpha 8 ReAnimus Press Anthology