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Lewis Padgett

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"

Adaptations[edit]

• "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 (TC 1509), narrated by William Shatner.
• The feature film The Last Mimzy is loosely based on the short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves".

Bibliography[edit]

As themselves (1937–1956)[edit]

• 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)[edit]

• 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)[edit]

• 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)[edit]

• 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[edit]

Notes

Bibliography

External resources[edit]

• Lewis Padgett at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Lewis PadgettatLibrary of Congress, with 8 library catalog records
• Henry Kuttner at LC Authorities, with 27 records
• C. L. Moore at LC Authorities, with 12 records