Lewis Padgett was the joint pseudonym of the science fiction authors and spouses Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore,Clute and Grant 1997, p. 741.Clute and Nicholls 1993, p. 903.Nicholls 1979, p. 445. taken from their mothers' maiden names. They also used the pseudonyms Lawrence O'Donnell and C. H. Liddell, as well as collaborating under their own names.
Works Writing as 'Lewis Padgett' they were the author of many humorous short stories of science fiction in the 1940s and 1950s. Among the most famous were:
The "Gallegher" series of stories, collected in Robots Have No Tails (Gnome, 1952): "The Proud Robot" "Gallegher Plus" "The World Is Mine" "Ex Machina" "Time Locker" "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" "The Twonky" "What You Need"
"Henry Kuttner: A Memorial Symposium" reproduced a letter from Henry Kuttner to the bibliographer Donald B. Day in which he stated: "Lawrence O’Donnell stories are usually by C. L. Moore. Exceptions: 'This is the House', by Kuttner. 'Fury,' May, June, July 1947, Astounding, collab.by Moore-Kuttner.
Adaptations "The Twonky" was the inspiration for a radio show recording and a full-length film by the same name. Episodes of Tales of Tomorrow and The Twilight Zone were based on the short story "What You Need". In 1976, Caedmon Records released a spoken word album of the short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" (TC 1509), narrated by William Shatner. The feature film The Last Mimzy 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 The Mask of Circe, 1948 (Illustrated by Alicia Austin in 1971) Home is the Hunter, 1953 Or Else, 1953 A Wild Surmise, 1953 Home There's No Returning, 1955 Two-Handed Engine, 1955 No Boundaries, 1955 (collection) Rite of Passage, 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) Robots Have No Tails, 1952 (collection) Mutant, 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, 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
(ed.) Anderson, Karen. Henry Kuttner: A Memorial Symposium. (fanzine) California: Sevagram Enterprise, 1958. https://fanac.org/fanzines/Fanthologies/Fantho37.pdf 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
Henry Kuttner at LC Authorities, with 27 records C. L. Moore at LC Authorities, with 12 records