The Last Mimzy: And Other Stories Originally Published as The Best of Henry Kuttner

Henry Kuttner

Random House Publishing Group, Feb 27, 2007 - Fiction - 352 pages

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.

What people are saying

Review: The Last Mimzy: Stories

User Review  - Holmes - Goodreads

Words fail me as I try to describe how good Henry Kuttner's stories are. They are more than fantastic; I guess "mind-blowing" is about the only apt adjective for this anthology of short science and ...

Review: The Last Mimzy: Stories

User Review  - Jennifer - Goodreads

My last book for 2012.. reaching my goal of reading 50 books this year just 20 minutes before midnight ;) It look me like a month to get through this one, I read quite a few books in-between and really had to force myself to finish the last 200 pages, but i did it!

About the author

Kuttner was best known for his science fiction and fantasy. He made an important impact on the development of both the Cthulhu Mythos and on the development of other writers.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Last Mimzy: And Other Stories Originally Published as The Best of Henry Kuttner
• Author: Henry Kuttner
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, 2007
• ISBN: 0345497554, 9780345497550
• Length: 352 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies