Detour to Otherness
A collection of stories.
In
1961, Ballantine Books published Bypass to Otherness, a paperback
collection of some of Henry Kuttner's (and C. L. Moore's) best short
stories. Several selections were drawn from Kuttner's popular series
such as the "Hogbens" (comedic otherworldly hillbillies living in
America), "Gallagher Galloway" (scientist who invents technical marvels
only when intoxicated), and the "Baldies" stories eventually collected
in Mutant. Bypass was projected as the first of three Otherness
collections of Kuttner's short fiction. Return to Otherness followed in
1962 with 8 more stories. And then... nothing. The third Otherness collection never appeared.
Now, almost fifty years later,
Haffner Press announces DETOUR TO OTHERNESS: a massive hardcover
assembling the contents of both Bypass to Otherness and Return to
Otherness, and adding 8 additional stories selected for their scarcity,
quality, and sheer entertainment value. Grand Masters Robert Silverberg
and Frederik Pohl provide introductory and afterword materials to the
book, and the whole affair is decorated with an unpublished painting by
Richard Powers.
Table of Contents:
Introduction by Robert Silverberg
Bypass to Otherness
- Cold War
- Call Him Demon
- The Dark Angel
- The Piper's Son
- Absalom
- The Little Things
- Nothing but Gingerbread Left
- Housing Problem
Return to Otherness
- See You Later
- This Is the House
- The Proud Robot
- Gallegher Plus
- The Ego Machine
- Android
- The Sky Is Falling
- Juke-Box
Detour to Otherness
- Open Secret
- All Is Illusion
- Rite of Passage
- Baby Face
- Happy Ending
- The Children's Hour
- Dream's End
- Near Miss
Afterword by Frederik Pohl
Henry Kuttner
Henry Kuttner (1915–1958) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror. His wife was the science fiction author C. L. Moore.
Henry Kuttner used several pseudonyms: Lawrence O'Donnell, Kelvin Kent, C. H. Liddell, Henry Kuttner, Lewis Padgett, Hudson Hastings, Keith Hammond, Peter Horn, Scott Morgan, Will Garth, Woodrow Wilson Smith, Paul Edmonds, Edward J. Bellin, James Hall and Robert O. Kenyon.