Shambleau
Sign in to save"Shambleau" is a short story by American science fiction and fantasy writer C. L. Moore. Though it was her first professional sale, it is her most famous story. It first appeared in the November 1933 issue of Weird Tales and has been reprinted numerous times. It features one of Moore's best-known heroes, Northwest Smith, a gun-toting spacefarer, and is a retelling of the Medusa myth; it looks at themes of sexuality and addiction.
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- Author
- C. L. Moore
- First published
- 1953
- Editions
- 7
- Subjects
- American Science fiction, Science fiction, American, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction
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- publication date
- 1933-00-00
- title
- Shambleau
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"Shambleau" is a short story by American science fiction and fantasy writer C. L. Moore. Though it was her first professional sale, it is her most famous story. It first appeared in the November 1933 issue of Weird Tales and has been reprinted numerous times. It features one of Moore's best-known heroes, Northwest Smith, a gun-toting spacefarer, and is a retelling of the Medusa myth; it looks at themes of sexuality and addiction.
Moore was inspired to write the story by the poem "The Haystack in the Floods" by William Morris, which describes a woman being pursued in medieval France.