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The Ego Machine

Kuttner, Henry

Published: 1952

Categorie(s): Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories

Source: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/32108

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About Kuttner:

Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915–February 4, 1958) was a science fiction

author born in Los Angeles, California. As a young man he worked for a

literary agency before selling his first story, "The Graveyard Rats", to

Weird Tales in 1936. Kuttner was known for his literary prose and

worked in close collaboration with his wife, C. L. Moore. They met

through their association with the "Lovecraft Circle", a group of writers

and fans who corresponded with H. P. Lovecraft. Their work together

spanned the 1940s and 1950s and most of the work was credited to

pseudonyms, mainly Lewis Padgett and Lawrence O'Donnell. Both

freely admitted that one reason they worked so much together was be￾cause his page rate was higher than hers. In fact, several people have

written or said that she wrote three stories which were published under

his name. "Clash by Night" and The Portal in the Picture, also known as

Beyond Earth's Gates, have both been alleged to have been written by

her. L. Sprague de Camp, who knew Kuttner and Moore well, has stated

that their collaboration was so intensive that, after a story was com￾pleted, it was often impossible for either Kuttner or Moore to recall who

had written which portions. According to de Camp, it was typical for

either partner to break off from a story in mid-paragraph or even mid￾sentence, with the latest page of the manuscript still in the typewriter.

The other spouse would routinely continue the story where the first had

left off. They alternated in this manner as many times as necessary until

the story was finished. Among Kuttner's most popular work were the

Gallegher stories, published under the Padgett name, about a man who

invented robots when he was stinking drunk, only to be completely un￾able to remember exactly why he had built them after sobering up. These

stories were later collected in Robots Have No Tails. In the introduction

to the paperback reprint edition after his death, Moore stated that all the

Gallagher stories were written by Kuttner alone. In 2007, New Line

Cinema released a feature film based on the Lewis Padgett short story

"Mimsy Were the Borogoves" under the title The Last Mimzy. In addi￾tion, The Best of Henry Kuttner was republished under the title The Last

Mimzy Stories. Source: Wikipedia

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• The Dark World (1946)

• The Time Axis (1948)

• The Creature from Beyond Infinity (1940)

• The Valley of the Flame (1946)

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Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Space Science Fiction

May 1952. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S.

copyright on this publication was renewed.

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