Robots Have No Tails
{{Short description|1952 collection of science fiction short stories by Lewis Padgett}}
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Robots Have No Tails is a 1952 collection of science fiction short stories by Lewis Padgett (pseudonym of American writers Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore). It was first published by Gnome Press in 1952Reginald 1992, p. 555. in an edition of 4,000 copies. The stories all originally appeared in the magazine Astounding Stories.
It has been reprinted in 1973 by Lancer books with an introduction by C.L. Moore; in 1983 in the UK by Hamlyn Books as The Proud RobotReginald 1992, p. 556. with an introduction by Peter Pinto; and lastly in 2009 in the US by Paizo Publishing LLC's Planet Stories line of books, with an additional introduction (to the one of Catherine Moore) by F. Paul Wilson. Both later editions credit Henry Kuttner as being the author, as does the introduction by C.L. Moore in the 1973 and 2009 editions.
Contents
- "The Proud Robot"
- "Gallegher Plus"
- "The World Is Mine"
- "Ex Machina"
- "Time Locker"
Reception
Groff Conklin wrote in his Galaxy review column that Robots Have No Tails was not good science fiction, but "zany imaginings of a rather anti-scientific sort.""Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1952, p.124 Boucher and McComas praised the collection as "a great joy."."Recommended Reading," F&SF, October 1952, p.99 P. Schuyler Miller praised the stories as "pure entertainment, lavishly applied.""The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, December 1952, pp.101-02
References
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Sources
- {{cite book |last=Chalker |first=Jack L. |author-link=Jack L. Chalker |author2=Mark Owings |title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 |location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore |publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.|pages=299 | year=1998}}
- {{cite web |last=Contento |first=William G. |title=Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections |url=http://www.philsp.com/homeville/ISFAC/t75.htm#A1634 |access-date=2008-02-25}}
- {{cite book |last=Reginald |first=Robert |author2=Mary A. Burgess |author3=Daryl F. Mallett |author3-link=Daryl F. Mallett |title=Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1975-1991: A Bibliography of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Fiction Books and Nonfiction Monographs |url=https://archive.org/details/sciencefictionfa0000regi |url-access=registration |location=Detroit, MI |publisher=Gale Research Inc. |pages=[https://archive.org/details/sciencefictionfa0000regi/page/1512 1512] | year=1992|isbn=9780810318250 }}
External links
- {{StandardEbooks|Standard Ebooks URL=https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/henry-kuttner/short-fiction|Display Name=A collection of Henry Kuttner's short fiction in the public domain|noitalics=true}}
- {{isfdb title|id=38082|title=Robots Have No Tails}}
- {{isfdb title|id=349781|title=The Proud Robot}}
- {{isfdb title|id=46745|title=Gallegher Plus}}
- {{isfdb title|id=350021|title=The World Is Mine}}
- {{isfdb title|id=350031|title=Ex Machina}}
- {{isfdb title|id=350041|title=Time Locker}}
{{Lewis Padgett}}
Category:1952 short story collections
Category:Science fiction short story collections
Category:Works originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact