The Last Mimzy is the ideal introduction to an author who was ahead of his time—and whose time has finally come These seventeen classic stories create their own unique
galaxy of vain, protective, and murderous robots; devilish angels; and warm and angry
aliens. In “Mimsy Were the Borogoves”—the inspiration for New Line Cinema’s major
motion picture The Last Mimzy—a boy finds a discarded box containing a treasure trove
of curious objects. When he and his sister begin to play with these trinkets—including
a crystal cube that magnifies the unimaginable and a strange doll with removable
organs that don’t quite correspond to those of the human body—their parents grow
concerned. And they should be. For the items are changing the way the children think
and perceive the world around them—for better or worse.
Ray Bradbury called Henry
Kuttner “a man who shaped science fiction and fantasy in its most important years.”
Marion Zimmer Bradley and Roger Zelazny said he was a major inspiration. Kuttner
was a writer’s writer whose visionary works anticipated our own computer-controlled,
machine-made world. At the time of his death at forty-two in 1958, he had created
as many as 170 stories under more than a dozen pseudonyms—sometimes writing entire
issues of science fiction magazines—in close collaboration with his wife, C. L. Moore.
This definitive collection will be a revelation to those who wish to discover or
rediscover Henry Kuttner, a true master of the universe.
By:
Henry Kuttner Imprint: Del Rey Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 209mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 307g ISBN:9780345497550 ISBN 10: 0345497554 Pages: 338 Publication Date:27 February 2007 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
