The Best of Henry Kuttner - 1975 BCE Nelson Doubleday Hardback - Larry Kreseck Cover

Condition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. Cover art: Larry Kreseck Blurb: A recognized master of science fiction, fantasy and horror, Henry Kutt-ner long ago entered the SF Hall of Fame. Like a super-nova, his career was brief but highly spectacular - not to mention prolific. Under pseudonyms such as Lewis Padgett and Kenneth O'Donnell, Kuttner was known to write complete issues of science fiction magazines during his zenith in the 1940s. This anthology, containing 17 of his greatest stories, stands as a monument to his brilliance and soaring imagination. Some of the tales included are: The Proud Robot - Gallagher, an alconolic inventor, did his best work while drunk. During his last binge, he built a seemingly useless robot named Joe-a mechanical creation that spent half the day admiring itself in front of the mirror and the other half annoying Gallagher. All the robot seemed to be good for was trouble... until the befuddled scientist discovered it served a very u