Raider of the Spaceways
By Henry Kuttner and Karl Wurf
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Embark on a thrilling journey to the dark side of Venus with Dal Kenworth and Thona Trenton as they face the ruthless space pirate known as the Raider. Stranded on a world of eternal night, they must outwit the Raider and unravel the mysteries of an alien landscape. But an ancient horror lurks in the shadows, waiting to ensnare them with its telepathic powers. Can Dal and Thona survive the Night Side and find their way back to the light?
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Raider of the Spaceways - Henry Kuttner
Table of Contents
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
RAIDER OF THE SPACEWAYS, by Henry Kuttner
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
Copyright © 2022 by Wildside Press LLC.
Story first published Weird Tales, July 1937.
Published by Wildside Press LLC.
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RAIDER OF THE SPACEWAYS,
by Henry Kuttner
INTRODUCTION
Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915. As a young man, he worked in his spare time for the literary agency of his uncle, Laurence D’Orsay (in fact his first cousin by marriage), in Los Angeles before selling his first story, The Graveyard Rats,
to Weird Tales in early 1936. It was while working for the d’Orsay Agency that Kuttner picked Leigh Brackett’s early manuscripts off the slush pile. It was under his tutelage that she sold her first story (to John W. Campbell at Astounding Stories).
Kuttner was known for his literary prose and worked in close collaboration with his wife, C.L. Moore. They met through their association with the Lovecraft Circle,
a group of writers and fans who corresponded with H.P. Lovecraft. Their work together spanned the 1940s and 1950s and most of the work was credited to pseudonyms, mainly Lewis Padgett and Lawrence O’Donnell.
L. Sprague de Camp, who knew Kuttner and Moore well, has stated that their collaboration was so seamless that, after a story was completed, it was often impossible for either Kuttner or Moore to recall who had written what. According to de Camp, it was typical for either partner to break off from a story in mid-paragraph or even mid-sentence, with the latest page of the manuscript still in the typewriter. The other spouse would routinely continue the story where the first had left off. They alternated in this manner as many times as necessary until the story was finished.
Among Kuttner’s most popular work were the Gallegher stories, published under the Padgett name, about a man who invented high-tech solutions to client problems (assisted by his insufferably egomaniacal robot) when he was stinking drunk, only to be completely unable to remember exactly what he had built or why after sobering up. These stories were later collected in Robots Have No Tails. In her introduction to the 1973 edition, Moore stated that Kuttner wrote all the Gallegher stories himself.
Marion Zimmer Bradley is among many authors who have cited Kuttner as an influence. Her novel The Bloody Sun is dedicated to him. Roger Zelazny has talked about the influence of The Dark World on his Amber series.
Kuttner’s friend Richard Matheson dedicated his 1954 novel I Am Legend to Kuttner, with thanks for his help and encouragement. Ray Bradbury has said that Kuttner actually wrote the last 300 words of Bradbury’s first horror story, The Candle
(Weird Tales, November 1942). Bradbury has referred to Kuttner as a neglected master and a pomegranate writer: popping with seeds—full of ideas.
William S. Burroughs’s novel The Ticket That Exploded contains direct quotes from Kuttner regarding the Happy Cloak
parasitic pleasure monster from