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C.L. Moore SF Gateway Omnibus: Jirel of Joiry, Northwest of Earth, Judgment Night
From the SF Gateway, the most comprehensive digital library of classic SFF titles ever assembled, comes an ideal sample introduction to the fantastic work of C. L. Moore. One of the first women to rise to prominence in the male-dominated world of pulp science fiction, Moore was a mainstay of SF in the middle of the last century, both as a solo writer and in collaboration with her husband, Henry Kuttner. This omnibus shows her mastery of both Sword and Sorcery and planetary romance, reprinting JIREL OF JOIRY, NORTHWEST OF EARTH, and story collection JUDGEMENT NIGHT.
672 pages, Paperback
First published January 16, 2014
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C.L. Moore
310 books208 followersExcerpted from Wikipedia:
Catherine Lucille Moore was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, as C. L. Moore. She was one of the first women to write in the genre, and paved the way for many other female writers in speculative fiction.
Moore met Henry Kuttner, also a science fiction writer, in 1936 when he wrote her a fan letter (mistakenly thinking that "C. L. Moore" was a man), and they married in 1940.
Afterwards, almost all of their stories were written in collaboration under various pseudonyms, most commonly Lewis Padgett (another pseudonym, one Moore often employed for works that involved little or no collaboration, was Lawrence O'Donnell).
Catherine Lucille Moore was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, as C. L. Moore. She was one of the first women to write in the genre, and paved the way for many other female writers in speculative fiction.
Moore met Henry Kuttner, also a science fiction writer, in 1936 when he wrote her a fan letter (mistakenly thinking that "C. L. Moore" was a man), and they married in 1940.
Afterwards, almost all of their stories were written in collaboration under various pseudonyms, most commonly Lewis Padgett (another pseudonym, one Moore often employed for works that involved little or no collaboration, was Lawrence O'Donnell).
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July 13, 2022
Excellent collection of Golden Age SF and Fantasy (and often a mixture of both), sometimes with a dusting of Cosmic Horror. Certainly a lot of it is pulp, but it's highly superior pulp that very obviously influenced so many authors who followed in its author's footsteps. Hopelessly romantic, melodramatic, melancholy, full of adventure and atmosphere and wry joy.
I can think of no better way to some up this collection than to quote from its introduction (itself taken from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction): "They are deeply healthy for the human imagination."
Thoroughly recommended for those with an interest in genre history, and for those who just like a bloody entertaining tale well told.
I can think of no better way to some up this collection than to quote from its introduction (itself taken from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction): "They are deeply healthy for the human imagination."
Thoroughly recommended for those with an interest in genre history, and for those who just like a bloody entertaining tale well told.
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