Theodore Sturgeon

Theodore Sturgeon (born Edward Hamilton Waldo, 1918-1985) was an American science fiction author. Much was his early work appeared in the pulp magazines Sam Yeager was fond of reading. In turn, Yeager was able to turn his past-time into a career when Earth was invaded by the Race's Conquest Fleet in 1942.

In the 1950s, Yeager made a point of having his picture taken, while in his Army captain's uniform, with Sturgeon and Robert A. Heinlein, another of Yeager's favorite science fiction writers.