Theodore Sturgeon (born Edward Hamilton Waldo, February 26, 1918 - May 8, 1985) was an Americanscience fiction author. His output included the novel More Than Human (1953) and the screenplays of the Star Trek episodes "Shore Leave" (1966) and "Amok Time" (1967).
Much of Theodore Sturgeon's 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 bythe 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.[1]