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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
1959ⓘlikely abridged Translated by Klaus Fecher
 German Der eitle Roboter [as by Lewis Padgett]
1962ⓘTranslated by Lella Pollini
 Italian Il robot vanitoso
1966 German Der verrückte Erfinder
1969ⓘTranslated by Michel Deutsch
 French Le robot vaniteux [as by Lewis Padgett]
1976ⓘTranslated by Pon Ruiter
 Dutch De trotse robot [as by Lewis Padgett]
1977ⓘTranslated by Klaus Fecher.
 German Der eitle Roboter
1979ⓘTranslated by Arturo Casals.
 Spanish El robot vanidoso
1982ⓘTranslated by Rosemarie Hundertmarck
 German Der eitle Roboter [as by Lewis Padgett]
1984ⓘTranslated by Michel Deutsch
 French Le robot vaniteux [as by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore]
2009ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Bernhard%20Kempen&amp;type=Name&amp;mode=exact">Bernhard Kempen</a>
 German Der selbstverliebte Roboter [as by Lewis Padgett]

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
5 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  
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
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
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
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
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  
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
$2.75?$: 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
The Proud Robot 1983-03-00 Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore Hamlyn Paperbacks 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
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: Stories 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
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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