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{{Short description|Science fiction author of the 1940s and 1950s}}
'''Lewis Padgett''' was the joint [[pseudonym]] of the [[science fiction]] authors and spouses [[Henry Kuttner]] and [[C. L. Moore]],<ref>Clute and Grant 1997, p. 741.</ref><ref>Clute and Nicholls 1993, p. 903.</ref><ref>Nicholls 1979, p. 445.</ref> taken from their mothers' [[maiden name]]s. They also used the pseudonyms '''Lawrence O'Donnell''' and '''C. H. Liddell''', as well as collaborating under their own names.

Writing as 'Lewis Padgett' they were the author of many humorous [[short story|short stories]] of science fiction in the 1940s and 1950s. Among the most famous were:

* The "Gallegher" series of stories, collected in ''[[Robots Have No Tails]]'' (Gnome, 1952):
** "The Proud Robot"
** "Gallegher Plus"
** "The World Is Mine"
** "Ex Machina"
** "Time Locker"
* "[[Mimsy Were the Borogoves]]"
* "The Twonky"
* "What You Need"

"Henry Kuttner: A Memorial Symposium" reproduced a letter from Henry Kuttner to the bibliographer Donald B. Day in which he stated: "Lawrence O’Donnell stories are usually by C. L. Moore. Exceptions: 'This is the House', by Kuttner. 'Fury,' May, June, July 1947, Astounding, collab.by Moore-Kuttner.

==Adaptations==
* "The Twonky" was the inspiration for a radio show recording and a [[The Twonky|full-length film by the same name]].
* Episodes of ''[[Tales of Tomorrow]]'' and ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' were based on the short story "What You Need".
* In 1976, [[Caedmon Records]] released a spoken word album of the short story (TC 1509), narrated by William Shatner.
* The feature film ''[[The Last Mimzy]]'' is loosely based on the short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves".

==Bibliography==

===As themselves (1937–1956)===
* ''[[Quest of the Starstone]]'', 1937
* ''[[Earth's Last Citadel]]'', 1943
* ''[[The Mask of Circe]]'', 1948 (Illustrated by [[Alicia Austin]] in 1971)
* ''[[Home is the Hunter]]'', 1953
* ''[[Or Else]]'', 1953
* ''[[A Wild Surmise]]'', 1953
* ''[[Home There's No Returning]]'', 1955
* ''[[Two-Handed Engine]]'', 1955
* ''No Boundaries'', 1955 (collection)
* ''[[Rite of Passage (short story)|Rite of Passage]]'', 1956

===As Lewis Padgett (1941–1953)===
* ''A Gnome There Was'', 1941
* ''Piggy Bank'', 1942
* ''Deadlock'', 1942
* ''The Twonky'', 1942
* ''Compliments of the Author'', 1942
* ''Time Locker'', 1943
* ''The Proud Robot'', 1943
* ''[[Mimsy Were the Borogoves]]'', 1943
* ''Shock'', 1943
* ''Open Secret'', 1943
* ''The World Is Mine'', 1943
* ''Endowment Policy'', 1943
* ''Gallegher Plus'', 1943
* ''The Iron Standard'', 1943
* ''When the Bough Breaks'', 1944
* ''The Piper's Son'', 1945
* ''Three Blind Mice'', 1945
* ''[https://archive.org/stream/Astounding_v36n01_1945-09_AK#page/n133/mode/2up Camouflage]'', 1945
* ''[https://archive.org/stream/Astounding_v36n02_1945-10_c2c#page/n133/mode/2up What You Need]'', 1945
* ''[[Line to Tomorrow]]'', 1945
* ''Beggars in Velvet'', 1945
* ''We Kill People'', 1946
* ''Rain Check'', 1946
* ''The Cure'', 1946
* ''Time Enough'', 1946
* ''The Fairy Chessmen'', 1946 (2 parts)
* ''[https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20240315 Chessboard Planet]'', 1946 (novel)
* ''Murder in Brass'', 1946
*''The Portal in the Picture'', 1946 (novel), later published under the title ''Beyond Earth's Gates'' 1949 
* ''Project'', 1947
* ''Jesting Pilot'', 1947
* ''Margin for Error'', 1947
* ''Tomorrow and Tomorrow'', 1947 (2 parts)
* ''Exit the Professor'', 1947
* ''The Day He Died'', 1947 (novel)
* ''Ex Machina'', 1948
* ''[https://archive.org/stream/Astounding_v42n05_1949-01_cape1736#page/n5/mode/2up Private Eye]'', 1949
* ''The Prisoner in the Skull'', 1949
* ''See You Later'', 1949
* ''Beyond Earth's Gates'', 1949 (novel), originally published under the title ''The Portal in the Picture'' 1946
* ''Tomorrow and Tomorrow'', 1951 (novel)
* ''[[Tomorrow and Tomorrow & The Fairy Chessmen]]'', 1951 (omnibus)
* ''The Far Reality'', 1951 (companion novel to ''Tomorrow and Tomorrow'')
* ''[[Robots Have No Tails]]'', 1952 (collection)
* ''[[Mutant (collection)|Mutant]]'', 1953
* ''Humpty Dumpty'', 1953
* ''Epilogue'', 1953 (essay)
* ''Line to Tomorrow and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' (collection)

===As Lawrence O'Donnell (1943–1950) ===
* ''Clash By Night'', 1943
* ''The Children's Hour'', 1944
* ''The Code'', 1945
* ''The Lion and the Unicorn'', 1945
* ''This is the House'', 1946
* ''[[Vintage Season]]'', 1946
* ''Fury'', 1947
* ''Promised Land'', 1950
* ''Heir Apparent'', 1950
* ''Paradise Street'', 1950

===As C. H. Liddell (1950–1953)===
* ''The Sky is Falling'', 1950
* ''Carry Me Home'', 1950
* "P.S.'s Feature Flash", 1950 (essay)
* ''The Odyssey of Yiggar Throlg'', 1951
* ''Android'', 1951
* ''We Shall Come Back'', 1951
* ''Golden Apple'', 1951
* ''The Visitors'', 1953

==References==
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* (ed.) Anderson, Karen. ''Henry Kuttner: A Memorial Symposium''. (fanzine) California: Sevagram Enterprise, 1958. https://fanac.org/fanzines/Fanthologies/Fantho37.pdf 
* [[John Clute|Clute, John]] and [[John Grant (author)|John Grant]]. ''The Encyclopedia of Fantasy''. London: Orbit Books, 1997. {{ISBN|978-1-85723-368-1}}.
* Clute, John and [[Peter Nicholls (writer)|Peter Nicholls]]. ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction''. London: Orbit Books, 1993. {{ISBN|978-1-85723-124-3}}.
* [[Henry Kuttner|Kuttner, Henry.]] ''The Best of Kuttner, Volume 1''. London: Mayflower Books Ltd., 1965.
* Kuttner, Henry. ''The Best of Kuttner, Volume 2''. London: Mayflower Books Ltd., 1966.
* [[C. L. Moore|Moore Kuttner, Catherine.]] ''The Best of Henry Kuttner''. New York: Ballantine Books, 1975. {{ISBN|0-345-24415-X}}. 
* [[Peter Nicholls (writer)|Nicholls, Peter.]] ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction''. St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK: Granada Publishing Ltd., 1979. {{ISBN|0-586-05380-8}}.
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==External resources==
* {{isfdb name|id=Lewis_Padgett|name=Lewis Padgett}}
* {{LCAuth|n84026029|Lewis Padgett|8|}}
* [https://lccn.loc.gov/n50061631 Henry Kuttner] at LC Authorities, with 27 records
* [https://lccn.loc.gov/n50028286 C. L. Moore] at LC Authorities, with 12 records

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