The 85 Weirdest, Day 59: C.L. Moore & Henry Kuttner
The 85th anniversary issue of Weird Tales features our big list of “The 85 Weirdest Storytellers of the Past 85 Years.” We’re breaking it down online, too: one honoree per day, in no particular order, for 85 days!
The original Weird Tales power couple, CATHERINE L. MOORE (1911–1987) & HENRY KUTTNER (1915–1958) met and married after Kuttner, not knowing C.L. Moore was a woman, wrote “him” a fan letter that was printed in WT’s letters/editorial column, “The Eyrie.” Moore’s heroine Jirel of Joiry was the first female protagonist in the sword-and-sorcery genre, not to mention the source for the classic WT cover “The Black God’s Kiss.” Kuttner & Moore’s story “Mimsy Were the Borogoves” was just Hollywoodized last year as The Last Mimzy.
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