If you missed last time….
The final phase of Henry Kuttner’s career saw some big changes. A final “Lewis Padgett” tale for Astounding in 1953 marked the end of an era. The majority of new SF was published under a new pseudonym “C. H. Liddell” and in a variety of lesser magazines. Kuttner also moved away from Science Fiction, writing a four novel Mystery series about Michael Gray. This is a direction he might have taken from Fredric Brown’s success in the Mystery field.
The 1950s also saw the beginning of the repackaging of Kuttner/Moore. Many old stories saw reprinting in new magazines. (I have not listed all the reprints, only those with new artwork.) Collections of their work also began. Kuttner worked on a Masters Degree in English literature at USC.
Henry Kuttner died on February 3, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA of a heart attack. It has often been lamented that such a promising writer should die so young. I suspect the Kuttners would have left SF for more remunerative and prestigious venues such as Mystery and television. Catherine’s production of Science Fiction basically ends with Henry’s passing. She later wrote for shows like Maverick, 77 Sunset Strip, and The Alaskans.
1950
Fury (1950)
A Gnome There Was and Other Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1950) with C. L. Moore as Lewis Padgett
“Roman Holiday” (reprinted in Startling Stories, January 1950) as Kelvin Kent
“The Voice of the Lobster” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1950)
“Earth’s Last Citadel” (reprinted in Fantastic Novels, July 1950) with C. L. Moore
“As You Were” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1950)
“The Energy Eaters” (reprinted Startling Stories, September 1950) with Arthur K. Barnes
“The Sky Is Falling” (Planet Stories, Fall 1950) with C. L. Moore as C. H. Liddell
“Carry Me Home” (Planet Stories, November 1950) with C. L. Moore as C. H. Liddell
“P.S.’s Feature Flash” (Planet Stories, November 1950)
1951
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and the Fairy Chessmen (1951) with C. L. Moore as Lewis Padgett
“Wings of the Bat” (reprinted in Top Detective Annual, 1951)
“The Black Kiss” (reprinted in The Avon Fantasy Reader #16, 1951) with Robert Bloch
“The Odyssey of Yiggar Throlg” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, January 1951) with C. L. Moore as C. H. Liddell
“Golden Apple” (Famous Fantastic Mysteries, March 1951) with C. L. Moore as C. H. Liddell
“Android” (F&SF, June 1951) with C. L. Moore as C. H. Liddell
“World’s Pharaoh” (reprinted in Fantastic Story Quarterly, Summer 1951) as Kelvin Kent
“We Shall Come Back” (Science Fiction Quarterly, November 1951) with C. L. Moore as C. H. Liddell
1952
Man Drowning (1952)
“The Man Who Couldn’t Stop” (Man Drowning, 1952)
Robots Have No Tails (1952)
“The Well of the Worlds” (Startling Stories, March 1952) as Lewis Padgett
“The Ego Machine” (Space Science Fiction, May 1952) with C. L. Moore
“A Million Years To Conquer” (reprinted in Fantastic Story Quarterly, Fall 1952)
“Clash By Night” (reprinted in American Science Fiction #8, December 1952) with C. L. Moore as Lawrence O’Donnell
1953
Ahead of Time (1953)
“Year Day” (Ahead of Time (1953)
“Call Him Demon” (reprinted in Wonder Story Annual v2 #1, 1953)
“A Wild Surmise” (Star Science Fiction Stories, 1953)
“The Well of the Worlds” (reprinted in Galaxy Science Fiction Novel #17, 1953) as by Lewis Padgett
“By These Presents” (aka “Satan Sends Flowers”) (Fantastic, January/February 1953)
“Baby Face” (reprinted in Fantastic Story Quarterly, March 1953) with C. L. Moore
“Science Is Golden” (reprinted in Fantastic Story Quarterly, May 1953) as Kelvin Kent
“The Visitors” (Science Fiction Quarterly, May 1953) with C. L. Moore as C. H. Liddell
“Home Is the Hunter ” (Galaxy, July 1953) with C. L. Moore
“Or Else” (Amazing Stories, August/September 1953) with C. L. Moore
“Humpty Dumpty” (Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1953) with C. L. Moore as Lewis Padgett
1954
Line to Tomorrow (1954) with C. L. Moore as Lewis Padgett
Beyond Earth’s Gates / Daybreak—2250 A.D. (1954)
“Chapter 6” (Mutant (1954) with C. L. Moore
“Where the World Is Quiet” (Fantastic Universe, May 1954) as C. H. Liddell
“A God Named Kroo” (reprinted in Fantastic Story Quarterly, Summer 1954)
“The Way of the Gods” (reprinted in American Science Fiction #28, August 1954)
“I Remember Tomorrow” (reprinted in American Science Fiction #29, September 1954)
“Dames Is Poison” (reprinted in Fantastic Story Quarterly, Fall 1954) as Kelvin Kent
“The Dark World” (reprinted in Fantastic Story Quarterly, Winter 1954) as Kelvin Kent
1955
No Boundaries (1955) with C. L. Moore
“Home There’s No Returning” (No Boundaries (1955) with C. L. Moore
“Sword of Tomorrow” (reprinted in American Science Fiction #34, February 1955)
“Atomic!” (reprinted in Fantastic Story Quarterly, Spring 1955)
“As You Were” (reprinted in American Science Fiction, June 1955)
“The Two-Handed Engine” (F&SF, August 1955) with C. L. Moore
“Swing Your Lady” (reprinted in Fantastic Story Quarterly, Winter 1955) as Kelvin Kent
1956
The Murder of Eleanor Pope (1956)
The Murder of Ann Avery (1956)
“Rite of Passage” (F&SF, May 1956) with C.L. Moore
1957
Murder of a Mistress (1957)
1958
Murder of a Wife (1958)
“Near Miss” (SF:’58: The Year’s Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy, 1958) with C. L. Moore
“A Cross of Centuries” (Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4, 1958)
After 1958
Bypass to Otherness (1961) with C. L. Moore
Return to Otherness (1962) with C. L. Moore
Earth’s Last Citadel (1965) with C. L. Moore
The Valley of the Flame (1965)
The Dark World (1965)
The Time Axis (1965)
The Best of Kuttner 1 (1965) with C. L. Moore
The Best of Kuttner 2 (1966) with C. L. Moore
The Mask of Circe (1971) with C. L. Moore
The Best of Henry Kuttner (1975) with C. L. Moore
Clash By Night and Other Stories (1980) with C. L. Moore
Chessboard Planet and Other Stories (1983) with C. L. Moore
Elak of Atlantis (1985)
Prince Raynor (1987)
Kuttner Times Three (1988)
The Jungle with Clash By Night (1991) with C. L. Moore and David Drake
The Secret of the Earth Star and Others (1991)
The Book of Iod (1995)
Elak of Atlantis (2007)
The Complete Thunder Jim Wade (2008)
Detour to Otherness (2010) with C. L. Moore
Terror in the House: The Early Kuttner Volume One (2010)
The Watcher at the Door: The Early Kuttner Volume Two (2016)
Next time… The Science Fiction of C. L. Moore
