Lewis Padgett
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(eng) Lewis Padgett was the joint pseudonym of the science-fiction authors and spouses Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore. This page should, therefore, not be combined with either of their individual author pages.
Lawrence O'Donnell and C. H. Liddell are also joint pseudonyms of Kuttner and Moore, and those pages also should not be combined with this or with the individual pages.
According to the Internet Speculative Fiction Database, all stories attributed to O'Donnell were written by Kuttner and Moore, and no record exists of Kuttner writing solo under the psuedonym O'Donnell.
Tekijän teokset
Beyond Earth's Gates 13 kappaletta
Murder in Brass 7 kappaletta
Mimsy Were the Borogoves: A Play in One Act (Adapted from the story by Lewis Padgett) (1965) 2 kappaletta
Mutant 2 kappaletta
The Prisoner In The Skull 2 kappaletta
Science Fiction Stories 56 1 kappale
Earth's Last Citadel 1 kappale
Mir gehört die Welt 1 kappale
Operazione apocalisse 1 kappale
Ossessione 1 kappale
Associated Works
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time (1970) — Avustaja — 1,905 kappaletta, 30 arvostelua
The Road to Science Fiction #3: From Heinlein to Here (1979) — Avustaja — 245 kappaletta, 5 arvostelua
A Treasury of Science Fiction (1948) — Avustaja, eräät painokset; Avustaja, eräät painokset — 182 kappaletta, 2 arvostelua
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) (1981) — Tekijä, eräät painokset — 111 kappaletta, 1 arvostelu
Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction - Fourth Series (1984) — Avustaja; Avustaja — 92 kappaletta, 1 arvostelu
Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction - Fifth Series (1987) — Avustaja — 91 kappaletta
Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction - Third Series (1984) — Avustaja — 51 kappaletta
The Edge of the Chair: A Superlative Collection, Some Fact, Some Fiction, All Suspense (1967) — Avustaja — 43 kappaletta, 1 arvostelu
Science-Fiction Classics: The Stories That Morphed Into Movies (1999) — Avustaja — 24 kappaletta, 1 arvostelu
Beyond Human Ken: 21 Startling Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1952) — Avustaja — 19 kappaletta
Science Fiction Omnibus: The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949, 1950 (1952) — Avustaja — 11 kappaletta
ULLSTEIN 2000 SF STORIES 10 — Avustaja; Avustaja — 2 kappaletta
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Muut nimet
- O'Donnell, Lawrence
Liddell, C. H.
Padgett, Lewis
Kuttner, Henry
Moore, Catherine Lucille - Sukupuoli
- n/a
- Maa (karttaa varten)
- USA
- Erotteluhuomautus
- Lewis Padgett was the joint pseudonym of the science-fiction authors and spouses Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore. This page should, therefore, not be combined with either of their individual author pages.
Lawrence O'Donnell and C. H. Liddell are also joint pseudonyms of Kuttner and Moore, and those pages also should not be combined with this or with the individual pages.
According to the Internet Speculative Fiction Database, all stories attributed to O'Donnell were written by Kuttner and Moore, and no record exists of Kuttner writing solo under the psuedonym O'Donnell.
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(Naranja 110) Mutante Tekijä: Henry Kuttner
La famosa saga de los "Calvos", los nuevos mutantes telépatas, en la que se aborda con seriedad y profundidad el tema del surgimiento de una nueva especie de telépatas y los problemas de supervivencia del nuevo grupo minoritario debido a la vida en común con el Homo Sapiens.
Kuttner, Henry. Mutant. 1953. E-book ed., Gateway, 2013.
A nuclear exchange has created a viable mutation of hairless telepaths called “Baldies.” Mutant, by Henry Kuttner, describes the Baldies as a self-conscious minority community, most of whom wear wigs in public to hide their telepathy. They feel superior to non-telepaths, but they know they are feared and perhaps envied by non-telepaths. These themes are as timely as ever, but the stories are also creatures of their time. One can imagine them as episodes on Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock. They share some themes with A.E. van Vogt’s Slan (1940), and they look forward to such works as Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” (1961). Mutant, a “fix-up” novel based on short stories that appeared first in Astounding, was originally published under the pseudonym “Lewis Padgett,” a name often used for works Kuttner co-authored with his wife, C. L. Moore. Later editions are usually attributed to Kuttner alone. It is still worth a read. 4 stars.… (lisätietoja)
A nuclear exchange has created a viable mutation of hairless telepaths called “Baldies.” Mutant, by Henry Kuttner, describes the Baldies as a self-conscious minority community, most of whom wear wigs in public to hide their telepathy. They feel superior to non-telepaths, but they know they are feared and perhaps envied by non-telepaths. These themes are as timely as ever, but the stories are also creatures of their time. One can imagine them as episodes on Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock. They share some themes with A.E. van Vogt’s Slan (1940), and they look forward to such works as Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” (1961). Mutant, a “fix-up” novel based on short stories that appeared first in Astounding, was originally published under the pseudonym “Lewis Padgett,” a name often used for works Kuttner co-authored with his wife, C. L. Moore. Later editions are usually attributed to Kuttner alone. It is still worth a read. 4 stars.… (lisätietoja)
Reading the Ace Doubles tête-bêche books has introduced me to a wide range of authors from science fiction's "Golden Age," yet the authors of the two novels in this collection were well familiar to me. As a longtime fan of the husband-and-wife writing team of Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore, their novel Beyond Earth Gates (published under their pseudonym "Lewis Padgett," though with Moore's name curiously added) was the first of the two I read. It's an enjoyable story about a Broadway actor who discovers that the fantastic world described to him by his uncle when he was a young boy indeed exists, as he discovers when his clingy and nagging girlfriend gets sucked into it. Accused of murdering her, he subsequently follows her into a parallel world run by a priesthood whose power comes from their control over the mysteries of mechanical technology. While the plot itself is fairly insubstantial, it's propelled by a fun exploration of the world the authors built and the interesting moral dilemma the protagonist finds himself in as to whether he should intervene in a situation he knows nothing about.
There's no such dilemma in Andre Norton's Daybreak-2250 A.D.. Originally published as Star Man's Son, it's about the journey of a mutant human to the ruins of New York City two centuries after a war (known as "the Blow-Up") devastated human civilization. It's the best kind of adventure story, with the protagonist facing a series of trials, making friends, and gradually realizing his full potential as a person. Norton was an excellent writer, and her book reflects her skill at writing a narrative that grabs the reviewer early on and doesn't let go until the last page. Norton's novel is alone worth the price of the collection, and the other novel that accompanies it is a nice bonus that together demonstrates the sort of entertainment value that made science fiction such a popular genre in the 1950s.… (lisätietoja)
There's no such dilemma in Andre Norton's Daybreak-2250 A.D.. Originally published as Star Man's Son, it's about the journey of a mutant human to the ruins of New York City two centuries after a war (known as "the Blow-Up") devastated human civilization. It's the best kind of adventure story, with the protagonist facing a series of trials, making friends, and gradually realizing his full potential as a person. Norton was an excellent writer, and her book reflects her skill at writing a narrative that grabs the reviewer early on and doesn't let go until the last page. Norton's novel is alone worth the price of the collection, and the other novel that accompanies it is a nice bonus that together demonstrates the sort of entertainment value that made science fiction such a popular genre in the 1950s.… (lisätietoja)
Lewis Padgett was the joint pseudonym of the science fiction authors and spouses Henry Kuttner and C L Moore taken from their mothers maiden names. As Lewis Padgett they wrote nearly 50 novels from 1941-53. Pulp fiction it maybe but if Tomorrow and Tomorrow published in 1951 is an example then it is still worth a quick read.
The novel starts well with Joseph Breden worried about dozing off at work and then failing the psychological test if anyone reports him. He works in a nuclear reactor as a senior technician and he cannot afford for the reactor to get to critical mass. He has recently been having weird dreams where he does just that. Playing chess with the other senior technician on duty he wonders whether he should confide in her, but he is frightened of losing his job. We learn that this is an alternate time line because after the second world war many countries tested atomic bombs and the devastation frightened the world into forming something called the GPC which controls all atomic weapons. A hundred years later and the GPC control nearly everything and the population of the world suffers restrictions. Any scientific research is discouraged and development has atrophied. Any dissent is investigated and quashed, but the atomic bomb testing has created a number of mutants some of whom have survived. When Joseph Breden finally seeks help, he discovers that he has been hypnotised by a dissident group who have harnessed the powers of a mutant brain that can see the future and who believe that not having an atomic third world war, will see mankind atrophy and die. An interesting idea...................
After an interesting beginning the story gallops quickly towards the finishing post, with mutants, alternative time lines and alternative worlds. The story just about remains coherent, but it hurries too quickly towards the end. For the genre it is reasonably well written and any racism or sexism is difficult to spot. There is a sort of sequel "[The Fairy Chessmen]" which I have downloaded to my kindle 3.5 stars.… (lisätietoja)
The novel starts well with Joseph Breden worried about dozing off at work and then failing the psychological test if anyone reports him. He works in a nuclear reactor as a senior technician and he cannot afford for the reactor to get to critical mass. He has recently been having weird dreams where he does just that. Playing chess with the other senior technician on duty he wonders whether he should confide in her, but he is frightened of losing his job. We learn that this is an alternate time line because after the second world war many countries tested atomic bombs and the devastation frightened the world into forming something called the GPC which controls all atomic weapons. A hundred years later and the GPC control nearly everything and the population of the world suffers restrictions. Any scientific research is discouraged and development has atrophied. Any dissent is investigated and quashed, but the atomic bomb testing has created a number of mutants some of whom have survived. When Joseph Breden finally seeks help, he discovers that he has been hypnotised by a dissident group who have harnessed the powers of a mutant brain that can see the future and who believe that not having an atomic third world war, will see mankind atrophy and die. An interesting idea...................
After an interesting beginning the story gallops quickly towards the finishing post, with mutants, alternative time lines and alternative worlds. The story just about remains coherent, but it hurries too quickly towards the end. For the genre it is reasonably well written and any racism or sexism is difficult to spot. There is a sort of sequel "[The Fairy Chessmen]" which I have downloaded to my kindle 3.5 stars.… (lisätietoja)
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