A Gnome There Was

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A Gnome There Was
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Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author Lewis Padgett (pseudonym of Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore)
Cover artist Edd Cartier
LanguageEnglish
Genre Science fiction and fantasy
Published1950 (Simon & Schuster)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages276 pp

A Gnome There Was is a collection of science fiction and fantasy stories by American writers Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore, published under their Lewis Padgett pseudonym by Simon & Schuster in 1950. No other editions were issued.

Contents

Contents

"A Gnome There Was" and "Compliments of the Author" originally appeared under Kuttner's byline. "This Is the House" was originally credited to "Lawrence O'Donnell," another Kuttner/Moore pseudonym. [1] The two stories originally credited to Kuttner are fantasies; the other stories are science fiction. [2]

Reception

Fletcher Pratt, writing in The New York Times , praised the collection as "Padgett at his best and most characteristic," saying that "the lightness of the method is in curious contrast to the thoughtfulness of the result." [3] P. Schuyler Miller reviewed the collection favorably, describing it as "one of the best one-man-shows available" and praising "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" as a "masterpiece." [4]

References

  1. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  2. E. F. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, Kent State University Press, 1983, p.395
  3. "Realm of the Spacement", The New York Times , December 17, 1950
  4. "Book Reviews", Astounding Science Fiction , June 1951, p.132-33