Lewis Padgett was the joint

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of the

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authors and spouses

Henry Kuttner Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915 – February 3, 1958) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Early life Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915. Kuttner (1829–1903) and Amelia Bush (c. 1834–1911), the ...

and

C. L. Moore Catherine Lucille Moore (January 24, 1911 – April 4, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, who first came to prominence in the 1930s writing as C. L. Moore. She was among the first women to write in the science fiction and ...

,Nicholls 1979, p. 445. taken from their mothers'

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s. They also used the pseudonyms Lawrence O'Donnell and C. H. Liddell, as well as collaborating under their own names. Writing as 'Lewis Padgett' they were the author of many humorous

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of science fiction in the 1940s and 1950s. Among the most famous were: * The "Gallegher" series of stories, collected in ''

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'' (Gnome, 1952): ** "The Proud Robot" ** "Gallegher Plus" ** "The World Is Mine" ** "Ex Machina" ** "Time Locker" * " Mimsy Were the Borogoves" * "

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" * "What You Need"

Adaptations

* "The Twonky" was the inspiration for a radio show recording and a full-length film by the same name. * Episodes of ''

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'' and ''

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'' were based on the short story "What You Need". * In 1976,

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released a spoken word album of the short story (TC 1509), narrated by William Shatner. * The feature film ''

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'' is loosely based on the short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves".

Bibliography

As themselves (1937–1956)

* '' Quest of the Starstone'', 1937 * '' Earth's Last Citadel'', 1943 * ''

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'', 1948 (Illustrated by

Alicia Austin Alicia Austin (born 1942) is an American fantasy and science fiction artist and illustrator. She works in print-making, Prismacolor, pastels and watercolors. Early life and education Austin was born in Providence, Kentucky. As her father was c ...

in 1971) * ''

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'', 1953 * '' Or Else'', 1953 * '' A Wild Surmise'', 1953 * '' Home There's No Returning'', 1955 * '' Two-Handed Engine'', 1955 * ''No Boundaries'', 1955 (collection) * ''

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'', 1956

As Lewis Padgett (1941–1953)

* ''A Gnome There Was'', 1941 * ''Piggy Bank'', 1942 * ''Deadlock'', 1942 * ''The Twonky'', 1942 * ''Compliments of the Author'', 1942 * ''Time Locker'', 1943 * ''The Proud Robot'', 1943 * '' Mimsy Were the Borogoves'', 1943 * ''Shock'', 1943 * ''Open Secret'', 1943 * ''The World Is Mine'', 1943 * ''Endowment Policy'', 1943 * ''Gallegher Plus'', 1943 * ''The Iron Standard'', 1943 * ''When the Bough Breaks'', 1944 * ''The Piper's Son'', 1945 * ''Three Blind Mice'', 1945 *
Camouflage
', 1945 *
What You Need
', 1945 * '' Line to Tomorrow'', 1945 * ''Beggars in Velvet'', 1945 * ''We Kill People'', 1946 * ''Rain Check'', 1946 * ''The Cure'', 1946 * ''Time Enough'', 1946 * ''The Fairy Chessmen'', 1946 (2 parts) * ''Chessboard Planet'', 1946 (novel) * ''Murder in Brass'', 1946 *''The Portal in the Picture'', 1946 (novel), later published under the title ''Beyond Earth's Gates'' 1949 * ''Project'', 1947 * ''Jesting Pilot'', 1947 * ''Margin for Error'', 1947 * ''Tomorrow and Tomorrow'', 1947 (2 parts) * ''Exit the Professor'', 1947 * ''The Day He Died'', 1947 (novel) * ''Ex Machina'', 1948 *
Private Eye
', 1949 * ''The Prisoner in the Skull'', 1949 * ''See You Later'', 1949 * ''Beyond Earth's Gates'', 1949 (novel), originally published under the title ''The Portal in the Picture'' 1946 * ''Tomorrow and Tomorrow'', 1951 (novel) * '' Tomorrow and Tomorrow & The Fairy Chessmen'', 1951 (omnibus) * ''The Far Reality'', 1951 (companion novel to ''Tomorrow and Tomorrow'') * ''

'', 1952 (collection) * ''

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'', 1953 * ''Humpty Dumpty'', 1953 * ''Epilogue'', 1953 (essay) * ''Line to Tomorrow and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' (collection)

As Lawrence O'Donnell (1943–1950)

* ''Clash By Night'', 1943 * ''The Children's Hour'', 1944 * ''The Code'', 1945 * ''The Lion and the Unicorn'', 1945 * ''This is the House'', 1946 * ''

Vintage Season ''Vintage Season'' is a science fiction novella by American authors Catherine L. Moore and Henry Kuttner, published under the joint pseudonym "Lawrence O'Donnell" in September, 1946. It has been anthologized many times and was selected for '' ...

'', 1946 * ''Fury'', 1947 * ''Promised Land'', 1950 * ''Heir Apparent'', 1950 * ''Paradise Street'', 1950

As C. H. Liddell (1950–1953)

* ''The Sky is Falling'', 1950 * ''Carry Me Home'', 1950 * "P.S.'s Feature Flash", 1950 (essay) * ''The Odyssey of Yiggar Throlg'', 1951 * ''Android'', 1951 * ''We Shall Come Back'', 1951 * ''Golden Apple'', 1951 * ''The Visitors'', 1953

References

;Notes ;Bibliography * Clute, John and John Grant. ''The Encyclopedia of Fantasy''. London: Orbit Books, 1997. . * Clute, John and Peter Nicholls. ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction''. London: Orbit Books, 1993. . * Kuttner, Henry. ''The Best of Kuttner, Volume 1''. London: Mayflower Books Ltd., 1965. * Kuttner, Henry. ''The Best of Kuttner, Volume 2''. London: Mayflower Books Ltd., 1966. * Moore Kuttner, Catherine. ''The Best of Henry Kuttner''. New York: Ballantine Books, 1975. . * Nicholls, Peter. ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction''. St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK: Granada Publishing Ltd., 1979. .

External resources

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