Henry Kuttner





Henry Kuttner

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born
in Los Angeles, California, The United States
April 07, 1915

died
February 04, 1958

gender
male

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About this author

Henry Kuttner was, alone and in collaboration with his wife, the great science fiction and fantasy writer C. L. Moore, one of the four or five most important writers of the 1940s, the writer whose work went furthest in its sociological and psychological insight to making science fiction a human as well as technological literature. He was an important influence upon every contemporary and every science fiction writer who succeeded him. In the early 1940s and under many pseudonyms, Kuttner and Moore published very widely through the range of the science fiction and fantasy pulp markets.

Their fantasy novels, all of them for the lower grade markets like Future, Thrilling Wonder, and Planet Stories, are forgotten now; their science fiction nove...more


Average rating: 4.08 · 8,756 ratings · 421 reviews · 184 distinct works · Similar authors
The Last Mimzy: Stories
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 1975 — 8 editions
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3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1947 — 15 editions
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1952 — 6 editions
The Dark World
3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1946 — 10 editions
The Best of Kuttner 1
4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1965 — 2 editions
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Elak of Atlantis
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2006
Startling Worlds of Henry K...
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1987
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