The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time - Vol I, IIA, & IIB

By Robert Silverberg

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380559471
• ISBN13: 9780380559473
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Bought for “Mimsy Were the Borogoves”

This book is truly a collection of great stories from between the years 1929 and 1964. I am glad they reprinted this book because my older version is yellowing. I hope one day they will reprint a new hardback copy, and I will buy it also. Even though this book is packed from cover to cover with intriguing stories, I bought it for one story in particular, “Mimsy Were the Borogoves” by Lewis Padgett. First published in 1943 (“Lewis Padgett” was a pseudonym employed by Henry Kuttner and his wife, C. L. Moore) My first encounter with this story was a vinyl record recording with William Shatner; later it was replaced with a cassette tape. I believe this book is the only surviving form of the story. They did make a movie that is loosely based on this story, “The Last Mimzy” (2007). Unthahorsten is experimenting with time travel and sends two black boxes back into the past. He had to put something in them, so as a last-minute thought placed his old toys in them. They do not return, so he forgets them. It is too late, as the mischief has been done. One box was found by children in 1942. The other well looks at the title for a clue.