Henry Kuttner (1915–1958)
Author of Fury
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
Kuttner and his wife C. L. Moore often collaborated. According to Wikipedia, pseudonyms used by him or by both included: Edward J. Bellin, Paul Edmonds, Noel Gardner, Will Garth, James Hall, Keith Hammond, Hudson Hastings, Peter Horn, Kelvin Kent, Robert O. Kenyon, C. H. Liddell, Hugh Maepenn, Scott Morgan, Lawrence O'Donnell, Lewis Padgett, Woodrow Wilson Smith, and Charles Stoddard. Despite the fact that they often collaborated, they are nevertheless separate authors who should have separate author pages. Please do not combine one with the other, or the other's pseudonyms. Thank you.
Series
Works by Henry Kuttner
Two Handed Engine The Selected Stories of Henry Kuttner and C.L.Moore (2005) — Editor; Author — 96 copies, 1 review
The Michael Gray Novels: The Murder of Eleanor Pope, The Murder of Ann Avery, Murder of a Mistress, and Murder of a Wife (2014) 7 copies
Nothing But Gingerbread Left 6 copies
The Graveyard Rats And Other Stories 6 copies
Carry Me Home 4 copies
Piggy Bank 4 copies
House of Terror: Henry Kuttner' Horror Boxed Set: Macabre Classics by Henry Kuttner: I, the Vampire, The Salem Horror, Chameleon Man (2020) 4 copies
The Voice of the Lobster 4 copies
The Cure 4 copies
Housing Problem 4 copies
Home Is The Hunter — Author — 4 copies
The Collected Works of Henry Kuttner: The Ego Machine, Where the World is Quiet, I, the Vampire, The Salem Horror, Chameleon Man (2020) 3 copies
As You Were 3 copies
The Lion and the Unicorn 3 copies
Dream's End 3 copies
Beyond The Phoenix 3 copies
Year Day 3 copies
Swing Your Lady 3 copies
Noon 3 copies
Project 3 copies
Time Enough 3 copies
The Sky Is Falling 3 copies
Rite Of Passage 3 copies
Endowment Policy 3 copies
Kuttner times three 3 copies
The Dark Angel 3 copies
Baby Face 3 copies
4 Titles By Henry Kuttner : Mutant - No Boundaries (with C L Moore) - Bypass to Otherness - Return to Otherness (1962) 3 copies
Near Miss 2 copies
Iedomīgais robots : [stāsti] 2 copies
The Power And The Glory 2 copies
The Bloodless Peril 2 copies
Avengers Of Space 2 copies
All is Illusion 2 copies
The Secret Of the Earth Star 2 copies
The Star Parade 2 copies
Shock 2 copies
Short Fiction 2 copies
Time to Kill 2 copies
World's Pharaoh 2 copies
Suicide Squad 2 copies
Margin For Error 2 copies
The Crystal Circe 2 copies
We Guard the Black Planet! 2 copies
Masquerade 2 copies
The Disinherited 2 copies
Trouble on Titan 2 copies
Rain Check 2 copies
We Kill People 2 copies
Wild Surmise 2 copies
The Energy Eaters 2 copies
50 Miles Down 2 copies
The Little Things [short story] 2 copies
A Comedy of Eras (short story) 2 copies
The Elixir Of Invisibility 2 copies
World Without Air 2 copies
Reverse Atom (short story) 2 copies
Man About Time (short story) 2 copies
No Man’s World (short story) 2 copies
Improbability 2 copies
Remember Tomorrow 1 copy
Chameleon Man 1 copy
I Am Eden 1 copy
Promised Land 1 copy
Way of the Gods 1 copy
Czego ci trzeba 1 copy
We Shall Come Back 1 copy
The Land of Time to Come 1 copy
The Odyssey of Yiggar Throlg 1 copy
Lord of the Storm 1 copy
Towers of Death 1 copy
Dead Man's Tale 1 copy
The Original Fury Duology 1 copy
Barsoom vol. 35 1 copy
The Man-eating Lizards — Author — 1 copy
Хогбены, гномы, демоны, а также роботы, инопланетяне и прочие захватывающие неприятности (2006) 1 copy
El mundo sombrío 1 copy
Ο σκοτεινός κόσμος 1 copy
Pragaištingas laivas 1 copy
The Eater of Souls 1 copy
The Horror Bells 1 copy
Pete Manx Series 1 copy
Hogben Stories 1 copy
Short Fiction Collection 1 copy
A God Named Kroo 1 copy
The Invaders 1 copy
The Frog 1 copy
The best of Kuttner 1 copy
Lögn eller mord 1 copy
Gli occhi di Medusa 1 copy
The Lifestone (novelette) 1 copy
Threshold (short story) 1 copy
The Shining Man (novelette) 1 copy
Seikkailujen sankareita 1 copy
The Skit-Tree Planet 1 copy
[as yet unknown] 1 copy
The Devil We Know 1 copy
Later Than You Think 1 copy
Paradise Street 1 copy
Corpus Delicti 1 copy
Grab Bag 1 copy
Ghost 1 copy
Fairy Chessmen 2 1 copy
Fairy Chessmen 1 1 copy
Wet Magic 1 copy
Grief of Bagdad 1 copy
Tropic Hell 1 copy
Science is Golden! 1 copy
When the Earth Lived 1 copy
The Devil's Brood 1 copy
Bamboo Death 1 copy
The Wolf of Aragon 1 copy
Trophy 1 copy
The Curse of the Crocodile 1 copy
The Visitors 1 copy
Percy the Pirate 1 copy
The Dark Heritage 1 copy
World’s End 1 copy
Extrapolation 1 copy
The Room of Souls 1 copy
Before I Wake 1 copy
Associated Works
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time (1973) — Contributor — 991 copies, 12 reviews
Devils & Demons: A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old & New (1991) — Contributor — 290 copies, 2 reviews
Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction, Volume 9: Robots (1989) — Contributor — 121 copies, 2 reviews
McSweeney's 45: Hitchcock and Bradbury Fistfight in Heaven (2013) — Contributor — 118 copies, 6 reviews
Dogs of War: Ten Classic Stories of Men and Machines in War (2002) — Contributor — 116 copies, 1 review
Isaac Asimov Presents : The Golden Years of Science Fiction, 4th Series (1984) — Contributor — 101 copies, 1 review
Weird Vampire Tales: 30 Blood-Chilling Stories from the Weird Fiction Pulps (1992) — Contributor — 98 copies, 3 reviews
Rivals of Weird Tales: 30 Great Fantasy & Horror Stories from the Weird Fiction Pulps (1990) — Contributor — 97 copies, 1 review
Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy, Volume 9: Atlantis (1988) — Contributor — 93 copies, 1 review
They Came From Outer Space: 12 Classic Science Fiction Tales That Became Major Motion Pictures (1980) — Contributor — 91 copies, 1 review
Creatures from Beyond: Nine Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1975) — Contributor — 89 copies, 1 review
Weird Tales : a selection in facsimile, of the best from the world's most famous fantasy magazine (1976) — Contributor — 82 copies
Famous Fantastic Mysteries: 30 Great Tales of Fantasy and Horror from the Classic Pulp Magazines Famous Fantastic Mysteries & Fantastic Novels (1991) — Contributor — 67 copies, 1 review
SF: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy: 3rd Annual Volume (1958) — Contributor — 66 copies, 2 reviews
A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 : The Greatest Stories of the Decade (1996) — Contributor — 63 copies, 2 reviews
Menace of the Machine: The Rise of AI in Classic Science Fiction (2019) — Contributor — 46 copies, 1 review
The Lure of Atlantis: Strange Tales from the Sunken Continent: 40 (British Library Tales of the Weird) (2023) — Contributor — 39 copies
A Cross of Centuries: Twenty-five Imaginative Tales About the Christ (2007) — Contributor — 32 copies, 2 reviews
Weird Tales: A Facsimile of the World's Most Famous Fantasy Magazine: v. 1 (1978) — Contributor — 29 copies
Transformations: Understanding World History Through Science Fiction (1973) — Contributor — 26 copies
Science-Fiction Classics: The Stories That Morphed Into Movies (1999) — Contributor — 24 copies, 1 review
The Vampire Megapack: 27 Modern and Classic Vampire Stories (2012) — Contributor — 17 copies, 2 reviews
Van Jules Verne tot Isaac Asimov de vijftig beste science fiction verhalen (1981) — Contributor — 17 copies, 1 review
Science Fiction Omnibus: The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949, 1950 (1952) — Contributor — 11 copies
Weird Tales Volume 28 Number 3, October 1936 — Contributor — 4 copies
Weird Tales Volume 31 Number 6, June 1938 — Contributor — 3 copies
Weird Tales Volume 31 Number 2, February 1938 — Contributor — 2 copies
Weird Tales Volume 30 Number 1, July 1937 — Contributor — 2 copies
Weird Tales Volume 32 Number 1, July 1938 — Contributor — 2 copies
Weird Tales Volume 33 Number 4, April 1939 — Contributor — 2 copies
Weird Tales Volume 29 Number 5, May 1937 — Contributor — 2 copies
Urania Millemondinverno 1991 — Contributor — 1 copy
Weird Tales Volume 34 Number 5, November 1939 — Contributor — 1 copy
Graveyard Rats [2022 Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities TV episode] — Original story — 1 copy
Weird Tales Volume 30 Number 3, September 1937 — Contributor — 1 copy
Μεγάλη Ανθολογία Ε.Φ. 1. (1934 - 1950) — Contributor — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Bellin, Edward J.
- Other names
- O'Donnell, Lawrence
Padgett, Lewis
Bellin, Edward J.
Edmonds, Paul
Gardner, Noel
Garth, Will (show all 17)
Hall, James
Hammond, Keith
Hastings, Hudson
Horn, Peter
Kent, Kelvin
Kenyon, Robert O.
Liddell, C. H.
Maepenn, Hugh
Morgan, Scott
Smith, Woodrow Wilson
Stoddard, Charles - Birthdate
- 1915-04-07
- Date of death
- 1958-02-04
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- short story writer
novelist
science fiction author
horror writer - Awards and honors
- Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award (2004)
- Relationships
- Moore, C. L. (wife)
Padgett, Lewis (gestalt entity) - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Disambiguation notice
- Kuttner and his wife C. L. Moore often collaborated. According to Wikipedia, pseudonyms used by him or by both included: Edward J. Bellin, Paul Edmonds, Noel Gardner, Will Garth, James Hall, Keith Hammond, Hudson Hastings, Peter Horn, Kelvin Kent, Robert O. Kenyon, C. H. Liddell, Hugh Maepenn, Scott Morgan, Lawrence O'Donnell, Lewis Padgett, Woodrow Wilson Smith, and Charles Stoddard.
Despite the fact that they often collaborated, they are nevertheless separate authors who should have separate author pages. Please do not combine one with the other, or the other's pseudonyms. Thank you. - Associated Place (for map)
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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THE DEEP ONES: "The Graveyard Rats" by Henry Kuttner in The Weird Tradition (June 2024)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Quest of the Starstone" by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore in The Weird Tradition (February 2024)
THE DEEP ONES: "I, the Vampire" by Henry Kuttner in The Weird Tradition (March 2023)
THE DEEP ONES: "Home is the Hunter" by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore in The Weird Tradition (December 2021)
Henry Kuttner in The Weird Tradition (June 2011)
Not an actual book, just a Sci-Fi short story in Name that Book (September 2010)
Reviews
Centuries after atomic wars destroyed Earth, the remnants of humanity live in domed cities called Keeps beneath Venus's oceans. The society has grown apathetic and class-ridden, strictly stratified between normal humans and the long-lived Immortal ruling class.
Sam Reed is born to an Immortal father, Blaze Harker. Following the death of his mother in childbirth, Sam's grief-stricken, deranged father has the infant surgically mutilated to look like a normal human. The baby is cast out to live show more in the plebs, the working-class sectors, growing up in foster care with no knowledge of his true heritage or his Immortal lifespan.
Growing up on the wrong side of the law, Sam Reed develops a deep-seated, psychopathic rage and a burning resentment for the ruling Immortals. He rises through the criminal underworld to become a wealthy and despised power player.
Driven by ambition and a desire to disrupt the stagnant status quo, Sam spearheads a massive, manipulative campaign. He believes that humanity needs struggle and danger to avoid atrophy, and forces society's hand into attempting to colonize the deadly, untamed surface of Venus.
After schemes and betrayals leave him drugged and unconscious for decades, Sam awakens as an eighty-year-old man, only to discover he hasn't aged. He uncovers the truth about his heritage, embraces his Immortal identity, and seeks revenge against his father and the ruling elite. Ultimately, Sam's violent, abrasive energy shatters the stagnancy of the underwater Keeps. His campaign forces humanity to conquer the surface, serving as a vital first step in returning mankind to the stars. show less
Sam Reed is born to an Immortal father, Blaze Harker. Following the death of his mother in childbirth, Sam's grief-stricken, deranged father has the infant surgically mutilated to look like a normal human. The baby is cast out to live show more in the plebs, the working-class sectors, growing up in foster care with no knowledge of his true heritage or his Immortal lifespan.
Growing up on the wrong side of the law, Sam Reed develops a deep-seated, psychopathic rage and a burning resentment for the ruling Immortals. He rises through the criminal underworld to become a wealthy and despised power player.
Driven by ambition and a desire to disrupt the stagnant status quo, Sam spearheads a massive, manipulative campaign. He believes that humanity needs struggle and danger to avoid atrophy, and forces society's hand into attempting to colonize the deadly, untamed surface of Venus.
After schemes and betrayals leave him drugged and unconscious for decades, Sam awakens as an eighty-year-old man, only to discover he hasn't aged. He uncovers the truth about his heritage, embraces his Immortal identity, and seeks revenge against his father and the ruling elite. Ultimately, Sam's violent, abrasive energy shatters the stagnancy of the underwater Keeps. His campaign forces humanity to conquer the surface, serving as a vital first step in returning mankind to the stars. show less
I am not sure where to start reviewing this mash-up of pulp science fiction and sword and planet (the planet is Earth) from the 25 year old Henry Kuttner. It truly is both dreadful and wonderful. Is it great literature? Absolutely not. Is it rollicking absurd fun for pulp fan boys? You bet.
It has everything - death rays, vampiric plague, beneficent alien, Conan-like villain, luscious lovelies (three, in fact, from different time periods) cold-hearted scientist who learns warmth, a laboratory show more (you must have a laboratory), a race against time to save the world and more!
There are low points. The absurdity of having a Carthaginian gladiator (absurd in itself) being called Scipio suggests Kuttner was beyond ignorance when it came to an understanding of Roman history. Kuttner, we can say with some surety, was no intellectual.
The plot is fast-moving and the characterisation stereotypical but we can summarise it briefly as noble alien seeks to make something of our world, screws up royally while trying to do so but then saves the world with a scientist genius when it faces a devastating existential threat.
There is a message that is very much of the mentality of the era of 'Things To Come' - the world drops its petty imperialist squabbles (this was, after all, written in 1940) and comes together deploying all its resources regardless of class or interest to defeat the threat.
Donald Trump might like to note that the world is saved by the close co-operation of the United States and China (there is a sympathetic if racially stereotyped Chinese character) and we could have fun comparing the handling of the vampiric energy plague with that of COVID-19 today.
Not a book to go out of your way to read but an enjoyable romp for fans of interwar American pulp. For the record, it is also available on Kindle under its original title "A Million Years to Conquer". show less
It has everything - death rays, vampiric plague, beneficent alien, Conan-like villain, luscious lovelies (three, in fact, from different time periods) cold-hearted scientist who learns warmth, a laboratory show more (you must have a laboratory), a race against time to save the world and more!
There are low points. The absurdity of having a Carthaginian gladiator (absurd in itself) being called Scipio suggests Kuttner was beyond ignorance when it came to an understanding of Roman history. Kuttner, we can say with some surety, was no intellectual.
The plot is fast-moving and the characterisation stereotypical but we can summarise it briefly as noble alien seeks to make something of our world, screws up royally while trying to do so but then saves the world with a scientist genius when it faces a devastating existential threat.
There is a message that is very much of the mentality of the era of 'Things To Come' - the world drops its petty imperialist squabbles (this was, after all, written in 1940) and comes together deploying all its resources regardless of class or interest to defeat the threat.
Donald Trump might like to note that the world is saved by the close co-operation of the United States and China (there is a sympathetic if racially stereotyped Chinese character) and we could have fun comparing the handling of the vampiric energy plague with that of COVID-19 today.
Not a book to go out of your way to read but an enjoyable romp for fans of interwar American pulp. For the record, it is also available on Kindle under its original title "A Million Years to Conquer". show less
This 1936 Weird Tales story has to be one of the best horror tales of the last century, an evil hybrid of Poe's 'Premature Burial' and Lovecraft's 'Pickman's Model', claustrophobic to the nth degree and not to be read by anyone late at night who fears enclosed spaces or asphyxiation and who wishes to sleep.
It can be read at https://www.redfez.net/fiction/horror-the-graveyard-rats-857
It can be read at https://www.redfez.net/fiction/horror-the-graveyard-rats-857
I enjoyed the surreal, at times almost Lovecraftian sensibility of this one, but its hokeyness quotient is also quite elevated. While the "encounter with a lost civilization hidden in the remote Amazon" concept is hardly an original premise for a story of this ilk, Valley of the Flame does offer some intriguing twists, most notably a "bubble" zone in which each living being's metabolism and time-sense flows much more quickly than in the outside world, which has allowed an evolutionary show more process to run its full course while little time has past in the outside world. Having said that, at its heart this is really a rather conventional pulp story in which the hero explores a fantastic setting, fights a villain, saves the day, and gets the "girl". show less
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