The Best of Henry Kuttner (Mass Market Paperback)

~ Henry Kuttner (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 398 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books; First Print edition (April 1, 1975)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0017ZUQDI
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,606,155 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mimsy Were the Borogoves, June 25, 2009

By	bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)    (VINE VOICE)

Worth it for Mimsy alone; however the other stories are a bonus.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wade;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe." Lewis Carroll

"Mimsy Were the Borogoves" is on tape and even on vinyl at one time. It can also be found in some of Henry Kuttner books.

It is a small sci-fi story about a formula that allows you into an alternate universe that everyone used to have access to. The problem with getting there is that it requires a different paradigm and a formula. The paradigm requires a mindset that disappears as we get older and the formula is in front of us if we know where to look. An added plus is that the tape version is read to us enthusiastically by William Shatner.

Playing around with time travel he needed something to put into the cube. He chose some of his old toys. The box never came back. After trying for a second time with no success he gave up and moved on.

The Last Mimzy (Widescreen Infinifilm Edition)