Title: The Twonky

Title: The Twonky Title Record # 46579
Authors: Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
Date: 1942-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Year	Title
1942	The Twonky [as by Lewis Padgett]
1942	The Twonky [as by Henry Kuttner]

Year	Language	Title
1957^ⓘTranslated by P. J. Verhoeff	Dutch	Radio [as by Lewis Padgett]
1961^ⓘTranslated by P. J. Izabelle Uncredited translation in GASF.	French	Le Twonky
1970^ⓘTranslated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch	German	Der Twonky [as by Henry Kuttner]
1971	Italian	Il twonky
1973^ⓘTranslated by Léon Thoorens	French	Le Twonky [as by Lewis Padgett]
1976^ⓘTranslated by Pon Ruiter	Dutch	De twonky
1979^ⓘTranslated by Arturo Casals.	Spanish	El twonky [as by Henry Kuttner]
1980^ⓘTranslated by Božidar Stančić	Croatian	Tvonki [as by Henry Kuttner]
1993^ⓘTranslated by А. Иванов / A. Ivanov.	Russian	Твонки^?Tvonki [as by Генри Каттнер^?Genri Kattner Henry Kuttner ]
1997^ⓘTranslated by Erik Simon	German	Der Twonky [as by Henry Kuttner]

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
1	2018 Retro Hugo	Best Short Story
Withdrawn -- Ineligible	2018 Retro Hugo	Best Novelette

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1942	1942-09-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	132	bedsheet^?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.	mag	William Timmins
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
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
A Gnome There Was and Other Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy	1950-00-00	Lewis Padgett	Simon & Schuster		$2.50^?$: US dollar	276	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Edd Cartier , K Chester
Adventures in Time and Space	1952-00-00	ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas	Grayson & Grayson		9/6^?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).	327	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Mudge-Marriott
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
Line to Tomorrow	1954-08-00	Lewis Padgett	Bantam Books	1251	$0.25^?$: US dollar	184	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	Mitchell Hooks
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
Sprong in Ruimte en Tijd	1957-00-00	ed. A. de Bruijn, A. van der Hoek	Andries Blitz		ƒ4.50^?ƒ: Dutch guilder	174	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Nita Veeren
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
Déjà demain	1961-10-00	Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore	Gallimard (Le Rayon Fantastique #89)			249	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
The Best of Kuttner 2	1966-05-00	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).	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	Jacks
Men and Machines	1968-09-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Meredith Press		$4.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 240	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Barry Martin
Men and Machines	1970-00-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Award Books	A765N	$0.95^?$: US dollar	219	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
The Best of Kuttner 2	1970-00-00	Henry Kuttner	Mayflower				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
Gespräch aus der Zukunft und andere Stories^?Gespraech aus der Zukunft und andere Stories	1970-09-25	Henry Kuttner	Moewig (Terra Nova #143)	TN143	DM 1.00^?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
Il twonky, il tempo e la follia	1971-11-00	Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore	Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #41)	SFBC 41	Lit 1,000^?Lit: Italian lira	294	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	Antonio Atza
Déjà demain	1972-09-28	Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #153-154)			281	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
Des hommes et des machines	1973-00-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Marabout ( Bibliothèque Marabout - Science Fiction^?Bibliotheque Marabout - Science Fiction #434)			316	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	Henri Lievens
Histoires de machines	1974-10-25	ed. Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis^?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein^?Gerard Klein	Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3768)	2-253-00609-2		414	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	Pierre Faucheux
Histoires de machines	1975-00-00	ed. Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis^?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein^?Gerard Klein	Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3768)	2-253-00609-2		414	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	Pierre Faucheux
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
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
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
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
Histoires de machines	1976-00-00	ed. Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis^?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein^?Gerard Klein	Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3768)	2-253-00609-2		414	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	Pierre Faucheux
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
Souls in Metal	1977-02-00	ed. Mike Ashley	Robert Hale	0-7091-5891-2	£3.50^?£: UK pound	207	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Katya Koutrouboussis
Souls in Metal	1977-06-00	ed. Mike Ashley	St. Martin's Press	0-7091-5891-2	$6.95^?$: US dollar	207	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Katya Koutrouboussis
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
Souls in Metal: An Anthology of Robot Futures	1978-06-00	ed. Mike Ashley	Jove / HBJ	0-515-04546-2	$1.75^?$: US dollar	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.	anth
Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age	1978-10-00	ed. Terry Carr	Harper & Row	0-06-010634-4	$14.95^?$: US dollar	viii+ 445	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Irving Freeman
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
Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age	1979-00-00	ed. Terry Carr	Robson Books	0-86051-070-0	£5.95^?£: UK pound	445	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Harold King
Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age	1979-00-00	ed. Terry Carr	BCA - Book Club Associates	CN6459		445	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	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
Sirius, #43	1980-01-05	ed. Borivoj Jurković^?Borivoj Jurkovic Borivoj Jurkovich	Vjesnik		Din 20^?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar	148	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.	mag	Esteban Maroto
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 4, 1942	1980-10-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #405)	0-87997-570-9 / UE1570	$2.50^?$: US dollar	448	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	Antonio Bernal
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 4, 1942	1980-10-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	0-87997-570-9	C$2.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	448	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	Antonio Bernal
Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: 2nd Series	1983-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers	0-517-41367-1		723	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Histoires de machines	1985-01-00	ed. Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis^?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein^?Gerard Klein	Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3768)	2-253-00609-2		414	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	Manchu
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
Источник миров^?Istochnik mirov	1993-00-00	Генри Каттнер^?Genri Kattner Henry Kuttner	Полиграфия^?Poligrafiya ( Миры фантастики^?Miry fantastiki #7)	586320023		655	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy	1996-03-00	ed. Peter Haining	Souvenir Press	0-285-63308-2	£15.99^?£: UK pound	300	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Josh Kirby
The Wizards of Odd	1997-00-00	ed. Peter Haining	Legend	0-09-917442-1	£4.99^?£: UK pound	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	Josh Kirby
Gefährliche Possen	1997-00-00	ed. Peter Haining	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #5909)	3-453-13343-9	DM 14.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	444	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	Josh Kirby
Tales in Time	1997-04-01	ed. Peter Crowther	White Wolf Publishing	1-56504-989-6	$12.99^?$: US dollar	284	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
The Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy	1997-11-00	ed. Peter Haining	Ace Books	0-441-00487-3	$6.50^?$: US dollar	347	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	Walter Velez
The Wizards of Odd	1998-00-00	ed. Peter Haining	Orbit	1-85723-635-1	£5.99^?£: UK pound	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	Josh Kirby
Science-Fiction Classics: The Stories That Morphed Into Movies	1999-08-00	ed. Forrest J. Ackerman	TV Books	1-57500-040-7	$15.95^?$: US dollar	446	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	Joe Gannon
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
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
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
Men and Machines	2009-03-05	ed. Robert Silverberg	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-5499-7	$14.99^?$: US dollar	256	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
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
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
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
Men and Machines	date unknown	ed. Robert Silverberg	Hawthorn Books			xii+ 240	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Barry Martin

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