Robots Have No Tails

by Henry Kuttner

Other authorsF. Paul Wilson (Foreword), C. L. Moore (Introduction)
Paperback, 1952

Status

Available

Call number

813.52

Publication

Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2009

Description

A complete collection of Galloway Gallegher stories from "one of the major names in science fiction" (The New York Times).   In this comprehensive collection, Henry Kuttner is back with Galloway Gallegher, his most beloved character in the stories that helped make him famous. Gallegher is a binge-drinking scientist who's a genius when drunk and totally clueless sober. Hounded by creditors and government officials, he wakes from each bender to discover a new invention designed to solve all his problems--if only he knew how it worked . . .   Add a vain and uncooperative robot assistant, a heckling grandfather, and a host of uninvited guests--from rabbit-like aliens to time-traveling mafia lawyers to his own future corpse--and Gallegher has more on his hands than even he can handle. Time for another drink!   "[A] pomegranate writer: popping with seeds--full of ideas." --Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 421… (more)

Media reviews

Unreal, true; farce, yes--but there's a chuckle on every page, and a belly laugh in every chapter. A worthwhile addition to any s-f connoisseur's library.

User reviews

LibraryThing member TadAD
These are pretty typical pulp stories of the 1940s; they're cheesy and breezy. However, I have a fondness for authors of that era in general and the Kuttner/Moore marriage in specific, so it was fun to read these...even though Moore didn't participate in writing this particular set about Galloway
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Gallegher, the scientist who is a genius only when drunk.
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Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1952
1952 (collection)
1948 (Ex Machina)
1943 (Gallegher Plus)
1943 (the Proud Robot)
1943 (Time Locker)
1943 (The World is Mine)

Physical description

117 p.; 24 cm

ISBN

160125153X / 9781601251534
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