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Title: The Proud Robot Title Record # 349781
Author: Henry Kuttner
Date: 1943-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Gallegher (Henry Kuttner)
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1943 The Proud Robot [as by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore]
1943 The Proud Robot [as by Lewis Padgett]
Year Language Title
1959likely abridged Translated by Klaus Fecher
German Der eitle Roboter [as by Lewis Padgett]
1962Translated by Lella Pollini
Italian Il robot vanitoso
1966 German
Der verrückte Erfinder?Der verrueckte Erfinder
1969Translated by Michel Deutsch
French Le robot vaniteux [as by Lewis Padgett]
1976Translated by Pon Ruiter
Dutch De trotse robot [as by Lewis Padgett]
1977Translated by Klaus Fecher.
German Der eitle Roboter
1979Translated by Arturo Casals.
Spanish El robot vanidoso
1982Translated by Rosemarie Hundertmarck
German Der eitle Roboter [as by Lewis Padgett]
1984Translated by Michel Deutsch
French Le robot vaniteux [as by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore]
2009Translated by Bernhard Kempen
German Der selbstverliebte Roboter [as by Lewis Padgett]

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
5
Finalist Pass 1
The Proud Robot 217
Symbiotica 122
No Award 23
35 nominations with 13.1 final points.
2019 Retro Hugo Best Novelette

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1943 1943-10-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
164
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Timmins Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 1946-00-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Random House  
$2.95?$: US dollar
xv+
997
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth George Salter Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 1946-08-26 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Random House  
$2.95?$: US dollar
xv+
997
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth George Salter Checkmark
Robots Have No Tails 1952-00-00 Lewis Padgett Gnome Press  
$2.75?$: US dollar
224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ric Binkley Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 1953-00-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Random House     xv+
824
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
More Adventures in Time and Space 1955-02-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Bantam Books 1310
$0.25?$: US dollar
142
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Chesley Bonestell Checkmark
Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space 1957-00-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Modern Library (Modern Library Giant #31) G31
$2.95?$: US dollar
997
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Salter Checkmark
Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space 1957-00-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Random House  
C$3.45?C$: Canadian dollar
997
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Der stolze Roboter 1959-03-30 Lewis Padgett Pabel (
Utopia Großband?Utopia Grossband
#96)
UGB096
DM 1.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
95
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
coll Carlo Jacono Checkmark
Return to Otherness 1962-00-00 Henry Kuttner Ballantine Books F619
$0.50?$: US dollar
240
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Return to Otherness 1962-00-00 Henry Kuttner Ballantine Books F619
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
240
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Galassia #16 1962-04-15 ed. Roberta Rambelli Casa Editrice La Tribuna 16
Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira
128
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag L. Galluppi Checkmark
Return to Otherness 1965-00-00 Henry Kuttner Mayflower-Dell 7401
5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
288
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Checkmark
The Best of Kuttner 1 1965-11-00 Henry Kuttner Mayflower-Dell 0547
5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
286
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Jacks Checkmark
Der verrückte Erfinder und andere Stories?Der verrueckte Erfinder und andere Stories
1966-03-04 Henry Kuttner Moewig (Terra #444) 444
DM 0.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
66
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
coll Karl Stephan Checkmark
More Adventures in Time and Space 1966-09-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Bantam Books F3261
$0.50?$: US dollar
142
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
Fiction, #185 1969-05-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
OPTA  
F3.50?F: French frank
164
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Claude Auclair Checkmark
The Best of Kuttner 1 1970-10-00 Henry Kuttner Mayflower 0-583-10268-9
£0.30?£: UK pound
286
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Josh Kirby Checkmark
Robots Have No Tails 1973-04-00 Henry Kuttner Lancer Books (Lancer Science Fiction Library) 75464
$0.95?$: US dollar
221
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Ron Walotsky Checkmark
Robots Have No Tails 1973-04-00 Henry Kuttner Lancer Books 75464
C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar
221
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Ron Walotsky Checkmark
The Best of Henry Kuttner 1975-02-00 Henry Kuttner Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 6457
$2.49?$: US dollar
xii+
338
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Larry Kresek Checkmark
The Best of Henry Kuttner 1975-04-00 Henry Kuttner Ballantine Books (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-24415-X
$1.95?$: US dollar
xv+
398
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Dean Ellis Checkmark
The Best of Henry Kuttner 1975-04-00 Henry Kuttner Ballantine Books 0-345-24415-X
C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar
xv+
398
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Dean Ellis Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 1975-08-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Ballantine Books 0-345-25374-4
$4.95?$: US dollar
[xvii]+
997
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Checkmark
De trotse robot en andere sf-verhalen 1976-00-00 Henry Kuttner Meulenhoff (M=SF #103) 90-290-0712-5   345
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Joseph Lombardero Checkmark
Science-Fiction-Stories 66 1977-04-00 ed. Walter Spiegl Ullstein (Ullstein 2000 #127 (3323)) 3-548-03323-7
DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
124
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Eddie Jones Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 1978-03-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-27747-3
$6.95?$: US dollar
xv+
997
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 1978-12-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-28925-0
$9.95?$: US dollar
997
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
Lo mejor de Henry Kuttner I 1979-00-00 Henry Kuttner Edhasa (Nebulae (2ª época) #38) 84-350-0268-3   208
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Adventures in Time and Space 1979-12-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-27747-3
$9.95?$: US dollar
997
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Checkmark
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 5, 1943 1981-03-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books (DAW Collectors #426) 0-87997-604-7 / UE1604
$2.75?$: US dollar
380
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth One Plus One Studio Checkmark
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 5, 1943 1981-03-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-604-7 / UE1604
C$2.95?C$: Canadian dollar
380
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth One Plus One Studio Checkmark
Die besten Stories von 1943 1982-01-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6724) 3-8118-6724-5
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
300
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
The Proud Robot 1983-03-00 Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore Hamlyn Paperbacks (Hamlyn Science Fiction) 0-600-38404-7
£1.50?£: UK pound
189
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Chris Moore Checkmark
Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Third Series 1984-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers 0-517-43522-5   633
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Romas Checkmark
Histoires d'automates 1984-02-00 ed. Jacques Goimard,
Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis
,
Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3785) 2-253-03372-3   411
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Donald Grant Checkmark
The World Treasury of Science Fiction 1989-01-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Little, Brown / BOMC 0-316-34941-0   xix+
1083
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The World Treasury of Science Fiction 1989-02-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Little, Brown 0-316-34941-0
$22.95?$: US dollar
xix+
1083
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bob Eggleton  
The World Treasury of Science Fiction 1989-06-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Little, Brown / QPBC  
$12.95?$: US dollar
xix+
1083
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 1990-08-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Random House / SFBC 17325
$14.98?$: US dollar
1004
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gary D. Lang Checkmark
Adventures in Time and Space 2001-11-00 ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas Science Fiction Book Club 0-7394-2214-6 / 05417
$17.99?$: US dollar
1004
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gary D. Lang  
Two-Handed Engine 2005-07-00 Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore Centipede Press 0-9712051-3-2
$225.00?$: US dollar
914
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Two-Handed Engine: The Selected Stories of Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore 2006-05-00 Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore Centipede Press / SFBC 0-7394-6810-3 / 1210833
$14.99?$: US dollar
913
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
The Last Mimzy 2007-03-00 Henry Kuttner Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-49755-4
$13.95?$: US dollar
xii+
338
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Checkmark
Robots Have No Tails 2009-05-00 Henry Kuttner Paizo Publishing (Planet Stories #21) 978-1-60125-153-4
$12.99?$: US dollar
117
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Tomasz Jedruszek Checkmark
Pandora, Fall 2009 2009-10-00 ed. Hannes Riffel, Jakob Schmidt Shayol 978-3-926126-82-5
€16.90?€: Euro
269
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
mag John Howe Checkmark
Detour to Otherness 2010-05-04 Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore Haffner Press 978-1-893887-18-3
$40.00?$: US dollar
xv+
568
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
The Proud Robot 2012-01-30 Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore eStar Books 978-1-61210-461-4
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Fury / Mutant / The Best of Henry Kuttner 2013-12-19 Henry Kuttner Gollancz (SF Gateway Omnibus) 978-0-575-12886-6
£18.99?£: UK pound
xi+
624
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni Guy Warley Checkmark
Fury / Mutant / The Best of Henry Kuttner 2013-12-19 Henry Kuttner Gateway / Orion (SF Gateway Omnibus) 978-1-4732-0199-6
£9.49?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni  
Robots Have No Tails 2014-08-17 Henry Kuttner Diversion Books 978-1-62681-401-1
$2.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Best of Henry Kuttner 2014-08-17 Henry Kuttner Diversion Books 978-1-62681-321-2    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The World Treasury of Science Fiction date unknown ed. David G. Hartwell Little, Brown / BOMC     xix+
1083
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bob Eggleton Checkmark
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