However, it is known that - with a few recognized exceptions - the O’Donnell name was used for work that Moore wrote with a minimum of collaboration (if any), and this is reflected in the sole author’s credit that graces this collection. Moore’s marriage to fellow author Henry Kuttner yielded both a prodigious amount of collaborative writing and a bewildering variety of pen names. Chosen by the author herself as the best of her longer-form writing, these stories show a gifted wordsmith working at the height of her talents: “Judgment Night” (first published in August and September, 1943) balances a lush rendering of a future galactic empire with a sober meditation on the nature of power and its inevitable loss “The Code” (July, 1945) pays homage to the classic Faust with modern theories and Lovecraftian dread “Promised Land” (February, 1950) and “Heir Apparent” (July, 1950) both document the grim twisting that mankind must undergo in order to spread into the solar system and “Paradise Street” (September, 1950) shows a futuristic take on the old western conflict between lone hunter and wilderness-taming settlers.Įxcept for “Judgment Night,” all of these pieces were originally published under the pen name Lawrence O’Donnell. Campbell, Jr.’s Astounding Science Fiction magazine. Released in 1952 from Gnome Press, Judgment Night collects five Moore novellas from the pages of editor John W.

Jacket design by Frank Kelly Freas.ģ54 Pages | $39.95 | Limited Edition Hardcover Moore' was a man), and they married in 1940.Īfterwards, almost all of their stories were written in collaboration under various pseudonyms, most commonly Lewis Padgett (another pseudonym, one Moore often employed for works that involved little or no collaboration, was Lawrence O'Donnell).Originally published by Gnome Press in 1952. Moore met Henry Kuttner, also a science fiction writer, in 1936 when he wrote her a fan letter (mistakenly thinking that 'C. She was one of the first women to write in the genre, and paved the way for many other female writers in speculative fiction. Excerpted from Wikipedia:Ĭatherine Lucille Moore was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, as C. Afterwards, almost all of their stories were written in collaboration under various pseudonyms, most commonly Lewis Padgett (another pseudonym, one Moore often employed for works that involved little or no collaboration, was Lawrence O'Donnell). Moore' was a man), and they married in 1940. Moores best-known and most beloved tales, including: 'Shambleau' First published in Weird Tales, Moores bizarre, imaginative, and wildly acclaimed debut features space outlaw Northwest Smith and his meeting on Mars with a strange young lady whose turban hides a terrifying secret.

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