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'''Henry Kuttner''' (April 7, 1915 – February 4, 1958) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror.
  
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*Edward J. Bellin
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*Paul Edmonds
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*Noel Gardner
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*Will Garth
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*James Hall
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*Keith Hammond
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*Hudson Hastings
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*Peter Horn
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*Kelvin Kent
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*Robert O. Kenyon
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*C. H. Liddell
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*Hugh Maepenn
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*Scott Morgan
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*Lawrence O'Donnell
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*Lewis Padgett
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*Woodrow Wilson Smith
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*Charles Stoddard
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|birth_date = April 17, 1915
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|birth_place = Los Angeles, California, USA
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|death_date = February 3, 1958
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|death_place = Los Angeles, California, USA
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|occupation = Writer
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|nationality = American
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|genre = Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror
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|spouse = [[C. L. Moore]] (1911 - 1987)
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'''Henry Kuttner''' was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror.
   
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A friend of [[Lovecraft]]'s as well as of [[Clark Ashton Smith]], Kuttner contributed several stories to the [[Cthulhu]] Mythos genre invented by those authors (among others). Among these were "[[The Secret of Kralitz]]" ([[Weird Tales]], October 1936), "[[The Eater of Souls]]" (''Weird Tales'', January 1937), "[[The Salem Horror]]" (''Weird Tales'', May 1937), "[[The Invaders]]" (''[[Strange Stories]]'', February 1939) and "[[The Hunt]]" (''Strange Stories'', June 1939).
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A friend of [[Lovecraft]]'s as well as of [[Clark Ashton Smith]], Kuttner contributed several stories to the [[Cthulhu]] Mythos genre invented by those authors (among others).
   
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Kuttner added a few lesser-known deities to the Mythos, including [[Iod]] ("The Secret of Kralitz"), [[Vorvadoss]] ("The Eater of Souls"), and [[Nyogtha]] ("The Salem Horror"). Critic [[Shawn Ramsey]] suggests that [[Abigail Prinn]], the villain of "The Salem Horror", might have been intended by Kuttner to be a descendant of [[Ludvig Prinn]], author of ''[[De Vermis Mysteriis]]''—a book that appears in Kuttner's "The Invaders".
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Kuttner added a few lesser-known deities to the Mythos, including [[Iod]] ("The Secret of Kralitz"), [[Vorvadoss]] ("The Eater of Souls"), and [[Nyogtha]] ("The Salem Horror"). Critic Shawn Ramsey suggests that [[Abigail Prinn]], the villain of "The Salem Horror", might have been intended by Kuttner to be a descendant of [[Ludwig Prinn|Ludvig Prinn]], author of ''[[De Vermis Mysteriis]]''—a book created by Robert Bloch that appears in Kuttner's "The Invaders".
   
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Price points out in his introduction to ''The Book of Iod: Ten Tales of the Mythos'' that "Henry Kuttner's own private corner of the Cthulhu Mythos was, then, apparently derived in about equal measure from Lovecraft, Bloch, Zoroastrianism, and Theosophy."
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''[[Crypt of Cthulhu]]'' 5, No 7 (whole number 41) (Lammas 1986), edited by [[Robert M. Price]], was a special Henry Kuttner issue collecting eight Cthulhu Mythos stories by Kuttner. (It did not include "[[Spawn of Dagon]]" or "The Invaders").
  
   
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''[[The Book of Iod: Ten Tales of the Mythos]]'' is a collection of Kuttner's Cthulhu Mythos stories edited by Robert M. Price ([[Chaosium]], 1995). (It also contains three additional tales concerning 'Iod's dread tome' by [[Robert Bloch]], [[Lin Carter]] and [[Robert M. Price]]). The Kuttner stories included are: "The Secret of Kralitz", "The Eater of Souls", "The Salem Horror", "[[The Jest of Droom-Avesta]]", "Spawn of Dagon", "The Invaders", "[[The Frog]]", "[[Hydra]]", "[[Bells of Horror]]" and "The Hunt" - thus, all the Mythos stories which had appeared in the special Kuttner issue of ''Crypt of Cthulhu'', plus "Spawn of Dagon" and "The Invaders". The story "[[The Black Kiss]]" (printed here, as often elsewhere, under the joint byline of Kuttner and Robert Bloch), was in fact written entirely by Bloch; Bloch co-credited Kuttner on the tale due to using the character Michael Leigh from "The Salem Horror". "[[Beneath the Tombstone]]" by Robert M. Price and "[[Dead of Night]]" by Lin Carter round out the volume. Price points out in his introduction to the volume that "Henry Kuttner's own private corner of the Cthulhu Mythos was, then, apparently derived in about equal measure from Lovecraft, Bloch, [[Zoroastrianism]], and [[Theosophy]]."
  
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* "[[The Secret of Kralitz]]" ([[Weird Tales]], October 1936)
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* "[[The Eater of Souls]]" (''Weird Tales'', January 1937)
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* "[[The Salem Horror]]" (''Weird Tales'', May 1937)
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* "[[The Invaders]]" (''[[Strange Stories]]'', February 1939)
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* "[[The Hunt]]" (''Strange Stories'', June 1939)
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* ''[[Crypt of Cthulhu]]'' 5, No 7 (whole number 41) (Lammas 1986; edited by [[Robert M. Price]]) was a special Henry Kuttner issue.
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** "The Secret of Kralitz"
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** "The Eater of Souls"
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** "The Salem Horror"
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** "[[The Jest of Droom-Avesta]]"
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** "[[The Frog]]"
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** "[[Hydra]]"
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** "[[Bells of Horror]]"
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** "The Hunt"
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* ''[[The Book of Iod: Ten Tales of the Mythos]]'' ([[Chaosium]], 1995, edited by Robert M. Price)
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** Introduction by Robert M. Price
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** "The Secret of Kralitz"
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** "The Eater of Souls"
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** "The Salem Horror"
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** "[[The Jest of Droom-Avesta]]"
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** "[[Spawn of Dagon]]"
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** "The Invaders"
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** "[[The Frog]]"
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** "[[Hydra]]"
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** "[[Bells of Horror]]"
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** "The Hunt"
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** "[[The Black Kiss]]" by Kuttner and Robert Bloch (Bloch co-credited Kuttner on the tale due to using the character [[Michael Leigh]] from "The Salem Horror".)
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** "[[Beneath the Tombstone]]" by Robert M. Price
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** "[[Dead of Night]]" by Lin Carter
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Henry Kuttner was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror.

A friend of Lovecraft's as well as of Clark Ashton Smith, Kuttner contributed several stories to the Cthulhu Mythos genre invented by those authors (among others).

Kuttner added a few lesser-known deities to the Mythos, including Iod ("The Secret of Kralitz"), Vorvadoss ("The Eater of Souls"), and Nyogtha ("The Salem Horror"). Critic Shawn Ramsey suggests that Abigail Prinn, the villain of "The Salem Horror", might have been intended by Kuttner to be a descendant of Ludvig Prinn, author of De Vermis Mysteriis—a book created by Robert Bloch that appears in Kuttner's "The Invaders".

Price points out in his introduction to The Book of Iod: Ten Tales of the Mythos that "Henry Kuttner's own private corner of the Cthulhu Mythos was, then, apparently derived in about equal measure from Lovecraft, Bloch, Zoroastrianism, and Theosophy."

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