My problem with this best-of collection is that I think that Henry Kuttner did better. I know so because I read the short story collection, "Robots have no tails" and that was better. This does contain "The Proud Robot" which was in that book a funny story about an inventor who only creates wonders when he is drunk. Some of the stories here like "A Gnome there was" are just mediocre. However, there are some gems like "Mimsy were the Borogoves." The lousy movie "The Last Mimzy" was based loosely on that. The story is much better. Also "The Misguided Halo" about a man who is awarded a halo he doesn't want is pretty funny. Writers like Marion Zimmer Bradley were influenced by Kuttner. This is a good book but I wouldn't stop here.
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