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Author:Henry Kuttner
Title:The Proud Robot
Publisher:  Hamlyn
Country:UK
Date:1983
Format:Paperback
Genre:Fiction, Science Fiction, Humour
ISBN-10:0600384047
Total Editions:2
First Published:  1952
Rating:8.0  Rate
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Henry Kuttner - Robots Have No Tails - Lancer - Paperback - USA (1973)

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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
 
 
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.
 
 
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
 
 
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...

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