Theodore Sturgeon: "The Silken-Swift," "A Saucer of Loneliness," and "The Sex Opposite"

In July, at Second Story Books on Dupont Circle, I bought a copy of the 1965 paperback edition of the 1953 Theodore Sturgeon collection E Pluribus Unicorn because of the Richard Powers cover. Today let's read three stories from the book, stories from the early 1950s--I have chosen stories specifically because they did not debut in Weird Tales, because I am going to read Sturgeon's WT stories as part of my long term plan to read at least one story from each issue of WT. But before we dig into "The Silken-Swift," "A Saucer of Loneliness," and "The Sex Opposite," find here links to my blog posts about four stories in E Pluribus Unicorn I have already read: "Cellmate""The Professor's Teddy-Bear""A Way of Thinking""The World Well Lost" Lastly, I note I will be reading these stories in my '65 paperback, but may consult the magazine versions at the internet archive. The titles of the three stories above serve as links to the scans of those old magazines, and this link right here should take…