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247:"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. The two stories originally credited to Kuttner are fantasies; the other stories are science fiction. 24: 264:, 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." 448: 440: 268:
reviewed the collection favorably, describing it as "one of the best one-man-shows available" and praising "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" as a "masterpiece."
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Lewis Padgett
Henry Kuttner
C. L. Moore
Edd Cartier
Science fiction
fantasy
Simon & Schuster
science fiction
fantasy
Henry Kuttner
C. L. Moore
Lewis Padgett
pseudonym
Simon & Schuster
Unknown
Astounding
Thrilling Wonder Stories
Fletcher Pratt
The New York Times
P. Schuyler Miller
Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections
The New York Times
Astounding Science Fiction
A collection of Henry Kuttner's short fiction in the public domain
Standard Ebooks
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Lewis Padgett

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