An edition of The Rediscovery of Man: the complete short science fiction of Cordwainer Smith (1988)

The rediscovery of man

the complete short science fiction of Cordwainer Smith

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An edition of The Rediscovery of Man: the complete short science fiction of Cordwainer Smith (1988)

The rediscovery of man

the complete short science fiction of Cordwainer Smith

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Complete book of short stories of Cordwainer Smith

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Publisher
NESFA Press
Language
English
Pages
671

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The rediscovery of man: the complete short science fiction of Cordwainer Smith
1993, NESFA Press
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The Rediscovery of Man
June 1, 1988, Orion Publishing Co
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First Sentence

"It's trite to say, of course, but there has never been another science fiction writer like Cordwainer Smith."

Table of Contents

Introduction by John J. Pierce. vii
Editor's Introduction. xv
Stories of the Instrumentality of Mankind
No, No, Not Rogov!. 3
War No. 81-Q (rewritten version). 19
Mark Elf. 29
The Queen of the Afternoon. 41
Scanners Live in Vain. 65
The Lady Who Sailed The Soul. 97
When the People Fell. 119
Think Blue, Count Two. 129
The Colonel Came Back from the Nothing-at-All. 155
The Game of Rat and Dragon. 163
The Burning of the Brain. 177
From Gustible's Planet. 187
Himself in Anachron. 193
The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal. 201
Golden the Ship Was--Oh! Oh! Oh!. 215
The Dead Lady of Clown Town. 223
Under Old Earth. 289
Drunkboat. 327
Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons. 355
Alpha Ralpha Boulevard. 375
The Ballad of Lost C'mell. 401
A Planet Named Shayol. 419
On the Gem Planet. 451
On the Storm Planet. 475
On the Sand Planet. 541
Three to a Given Star. 567
Down to a Sunless Sea. 587
Other Stories
War No. 81-Q (original version). 613
Western Science Is So Wonderful. 617
Nancy. 629
The Fife of Bodidharma. 641
Angerhelm. 649
The Good Friends. 667

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Published in
Framingham, MA

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3523.I629 A6 1993

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xvi, 671 p. ;
Number of pages
671

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1445839M
ISBN 10
0915368560
ISBN 13
9780915368563
LCCN
93084365
OCLC/WorldCat
28954595
Library Thing
1732050
Wikidata
Q3235392
Goodreads
18948

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