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An Experiment in Gyro-Hats

Ellis Parker Butler

First published June 1910
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

Walsingham Gribbs, a wealthy young batchelor, has been subjected to two experiments. The first, by his father, involves a rotating platform that affects Gribbs' equilibrium. The second, by a hatter looking for a suitor for his daughter, tries to fix Gribbs' problem with a gyro-hat.<br> Available on page 49, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?GRSBCKYR1999">Bleiler (Gernsback)</a>.

Notes

First appeared in Hampton's Magazine (June, 1910), with illustrations by Albert Levering. Also appeared in New Broadway Magazine, June 1920.

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Publications (9)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1910 Hampton's Magazine, June 1910 Broadway Magazine MAGAZINE 799
1912 An Experiment in Gyro-Hats The Q and C Co. Chapbook
June 1926 Amazing Stories, June 1926 Experimenter Publishing Company MAGAZINE 266
1968 Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 World Publishing Co. Anthology 267
1969 Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 World Publishing Co. Anthology 267
1974 Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History and Anthology of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891-1911 Hyperion Press Anthology 267
June 1974 Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History and Anthology of Science Fiction in the Popular Magazines, 1891-1911 Hyperion Press Anthology 268
2019 An Experiment in Gyro-Hats Pilgaard Publishing Chapbook
November 2019 Science Fiction of America's Gilded Age: An Anthology C. W. Gross Anthology 242