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Author:	Henry Kuttner
Title:	Robots Have No Tails
English Title:	The Proud Robot
Publisher:	Lancer
Country:	USA
Date:	Apr 1973
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction, Humour
Cat#:	75464
Total Editions:	2
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Community:	1 Owns
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ppint. 30th Sep 2023		lancer books simultaneous mmpb first printings, first p/b edition lancer science fiction library series cover art by ron walotsky (signed walotsky, uncredited) cover price 95¢ 224pp. including titles, indicia, nf introduction by c. l. moore etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both bear printer's gutter code date 4-73 on p.221



ppint. 30th Sep 2023		contents: all first published in astounding science fiction, as by lewis padgett: the proud robot (novelette) vol. xxxii #2, 10/1943, three b+w illustrations by frank kramer gallegher plus (ntte) vol. xxxii #3, 11/1943; asf atlas bre 4/1944 three b+w illustrations by newton alfred the world is mine (ntte) vol. xxxi #4, 6/1943, cover story, art by william timmins, four b+w illustrations by arthur williams ex machina (ntte) vol. xxxxi #2, 4/1948, with four b+w illustrations by ed cartier time locker (ntte) vol. xxx #5, 1/1943, with two b+w illustrations by m. isip (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 30th Nov 2022		aka and originally ''robots have no tails'' as by lewis padgett (q.v.), recognised pseudonym of henry kuttner & c. l. moore writing together, and of henry kuttner writing solo. these stories were written by henry kuttner writing solo; source: c. l. moore in private communication to hamlyn paperbacks editorial when we were finalising arrangements to start bringing his and their sf & fantasy back into print. unfortunately, someone in production did not fully comprehend the distinction, and the title page also credits c. l. moore - though the cover and spine, correctly, do not. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 30th Nov 2022		hamlyn paperbacks p/b first printing, first uk edition reprint collection of the five galloway gallegher novelettes, brief nf introduction by p. pinto cover art by chris moore (unsigned, uncredited; reproduced in astrona.blogspot.com/2007/09/Chris-Moore-sci-fi-illustrations.html), collected in ''starliners'' stewart cowley (1980), q.v. re-entitled ''antiliae robolines'' cover price £1.50, $4.95 australia 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th Mar 2021		Rated 8/10 meet galloway gallegher, genius inventor and drunk - correction, genius inventor *when* drunk, who only ever invents when he's run out of enough money to get drunk, has sobered up enough to gain another commission, *and* has been paid an advance upon the invention(s) commissioned from him - - whereupon he promptly gets drunk again - - not least because it's gallegher drunk who's the genius inventor. but who is, unavoidably, and undeniably, also drunk. ...which rather tends to leave gallegher sober the morning after with the problem of working out what gallegher drunk's actually invented *this* time... - so meet galloway gallegher, genius inventor and drunk, and meet joe, the proud robot, who *must* have some purpose other than to admire himself in the mirror - or, indeed, without it, if there isn't one handy - mustn't he ? - and meet the lybblas, some of the cutest, fluffiest - and most argumentative - frequently with one another - alien would-be conquerors of the world, who've had the luck - or possibly misfortune - to arrive at gallegher's door as the first stop on their predestined path to their conquest of the world. . . - but first, would very much like a drink of milk, please. . . - intriguing, entertaining and frequently funny problem stories with a lunatic logic and a drunken twist.. - or vice-versa... (this review is from another edition of this book) 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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Henry Kuttner - The Proud Robot - Hamlyn - Paperback - UK - 0600384047 (1983)