Lewis Padgett was the joint pseudonym

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 of the science fiction

Science fiction

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 authors and spouses Henry Kuttner

Henry Kuttner

Henry Kuttner was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror.-Early life:Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915...

 and C. L. Moore

C. L. Moore

Catherine Lucille Moore was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, as C. L. Moore. She was one of the first women to write in the genre, and paved the way for many other female writers in speculative fiction....

, taken from their mothers' maiden names. 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 stories

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 of science fiction in the 1940s and 1950s. Among the most famous were:

• The "Gallegher" series of stories, collected in Robots Have No Tails
  Robots Have No Tails
  Robots Have No Tails is a 1952 collection of science fiction short stories by Lewis Padgett . It was first published by Gnome Press in 1952 in an edition of 4,000 copies. The stories all originally appeared in the magazine Astounding.It has been reprinted three times: In 1973 by Lancer books with...
  
  (Gnome, 1952):
  • "The Proud Robot"
  • "Gallegher Plus"
  • "The World Is Mine"
  • "Ex Machina"
  • "Time Locker"
• "Mimsy Were the Borogoves
  Mimsy Were the Borogoves
  "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" is a science fiction short story by Lewis Padgett that was originally published in the February 1943 issue of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine...
  
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• "The Twonky
  The Twonky
  The Twonky is a 1953 comedy-science fiction film, written and directed by Arch Oboler and starring Hans Conried. The script was based on the short story "The Twonky", written by Henry Kuttner and C.L...
  
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• "What You Need
  What You Need
  "What You Need" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It is based on the short story of the same name by Lewis Padgett .- Synopsis :...
  
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Adaptations

"The Twonky" was the inspiration for a radio show recording and a full-length film by the same name

The Twonky

The Twonky is a 1953 comedy-science fiction film, written and directed by Arch Oboler and starring Hans Conried. The script was based on the short story "The Twonky", written by Henry Kuttner and C.L...

. An episode of The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)

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was based on the short story "What You Need". The feature film The Last Mimzy

The Last Mimzy

The Last Mimzy is a 2007 science fiction family film directed by Bob Shaye and loosely adapted from the acclaimed 1943 science fiction short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett...

is loosely based on the short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves".

As Lewis Padgett

• 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
  Mimsy Were the Borogoves
  "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" is a science fiction short story by Lewis Padgett that was originally published in the February 1943 issue of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine...
  
  , 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
• Camouflage, 1945
• 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)
• 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
• 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
  Tomorrow and Tomorrow & The Fairy Chessmen
  Tomorrow and Tomorrow & The Fairy Chessmen is a 1951 collection of two science fiction novels by Lewis Padgett . It was first published by Gnome Press in 1951 in an edition of 4,000 copies. Both the novels originally appeared in the magazine Astounding. P...
  
  , 1951 (omnibus)
• The Far Reality, 1951 (companion novel to Tomorrow and Tomorrow)
• Robots Have No Tails
  Robots Have No Tails
  Robots Have No Tails is a 1952 collection of science fiction short stories by Lewis Padgett . It was first published by Gnome Press in 1952 in an edition of 4,000 copies. The stories all originally appeared in the magazine Astounding.It has been reprinted three times: In 1973 by Lancer books with...
  
  , 1952 (collection)
• Mutant
  Mutant (collection)
  Mutant is a 1953 collection of science fiction short stories by Lewis Padgett . It was first published by Gnome Press in 1953 in an edition of 4,000 copies...
  
  , 1953
• Humpty Dumpty, 1953
• Epilogue, 1953 (essay)
• Line to Tomorrow and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction (collection)

As Lawrence O'Donnell

• 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
  Vintage Season
  "Vintage Season" is a science fiction novella by Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore . It has been anthologized many times and was selected for The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume 2A.-Authorship:...
  
  , 1946
• Fury, 1947
• Promised Land, 1950
• Heir Apparent, 1950
• Paradise Street, 1950

As C. H. Liddell

• 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

As themselves

• Quest of the Starstone, 1937
• Earth's Last Citadel, 1943
• The Mask of Circe, 1948
• 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, 1956