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The Science Fiction Of Cordwainer Smith
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Author : Karen L. Hellekson
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2017-07-06
The Science Fiction Of Cordwainer Smith written by Karen L. Hellekson and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
This critical work concentrates on the science fiction writings of Paul Linebarger, who wrote under the pseudonym Cordwainer Smith, as well as other pseudonyms he created to reflect his different writing styles. His writings give voice to concerns about humanity and personal struggle; his ideas about love, loss, alienation, and psychic pain continue to resonate today. This work begins with a brief biographical sketch of Cordwainer Smith, linking elements of his past to his writing and focusing on his contributions to science fiction as well as his concern with humanity. Also discussed are Smith's published and unpublished novel-length non-science fiction, his revision process, the true man-underpeople dichotomy in his published and unpublished short fiction, and his only published novel-length science fiction work Norstrilia.
The Rediscovery Of Man
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Author : Cordwainer Smith
language : en
Publisher: Phoenix
Release Date : 1999-05-13
The Rediscovery Of Man written by Cordwainer Smith and has been published by Phoenix this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-05-13 with Science fiction, American categories.
Welcome to the strangest, most distinctive future ever imagined by a science fiction writer. An interstellar empire ruled by the mysterious Lords of the Instrumentality, whose access to the drug stroon from the planet Norstrilia confers on them virtual immortality. A world in which wealthy and leisured humanity is served by the underpeople, genetically engineered animals turned into the semblance of people. A world in which the great ships which sail between the stars are eventually supplanted by the mysterious, instantaneous technique of planoforming. A world of wonder and myth, and extraordinary imagination.
The Best Of Cordwainer Smith
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Author : Cordwainer Smith
language : en
Publisher: Phoenix Pick
Release Date : 2017-04-26
The Best Of Cordwainer Smith written by Cordwainer Smith and has been published by Phoenix Pick this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-26 with Fiction categories.
"No one ever wrote like Smith, with his special blend of intense myth-making and rich invention!"--Publishers Weekly Cordwainer Smith was one of the original visionaries to think of humanity in terms of thousands of years in the future, spread out across the universe. This brilliant collection, often cited as the first of its kind, explores fundamental questions about ourselves and our treatment of the universe (and other beings) around us and ultimately what it means to be human. In "Scanners Live in Vain" we meet Martel, a human altered to be part machine--a scanner--to be able withstand the trauma space travel has on the body. Despite the stigma placed on him and his kind, he is able to regrasp his humanity to save another. In "The Dead Lady of Clown Town" we get to know the underpeople--animals genetically altered to exist in human form, to better serve their human owners--and meet D'Joan, a dog-woman who will make readers question who is more human: the animals who simply want to be recognized as having the same right to life, or the people who created them to be inferior. In "The Ballad of Lost C'mell" the notion of love being the most important equalizer there is--as first raised in "The Dead Lady of Clown Town"--is put into action when an underperson, C'mell, falls in love with Lord Jestocost. Who is to say her love for him is not as valid as any true-born human? She might be of cat descent, but she is all woman! And in "A Planet Named Shayol" it is an underperson of bull descent, and beings so mutilated and deformed from their original human condition to be now considered demons of a hellish land, who retain and display the most humanity when Mankind commits the most inhumane action of all.
When The People Fell
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Author : Cordwainer Smith
language : en
Publisher: Baen
Release Date : 2012-08-28
When The People Fell written by Cordwainer Smith and has been published by Baen this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-28 with Fiction categories.
Massive collection of visionary science fiction set in a future of advanced superscience of epic scope by a legendary SF master: part two of the collected works of Cordwainer Smith begun with We the Underpeople. A sweeping saga of the centuries to come, from the new dark age that followed a global war, to the new civilization that arose from the ashes to colonize the stars. At first, the colonists use ships with gigantic sails, cruising on the waves of starlight, their captains having to become something part human and part machine; then later moving by planoforming ships which travel faster than light, but must defend themselves against the malevolent, mind-devouring creatures lurking in the dark between the stars. Then came the reign of the all-powerful Lords of the Instrumentality, who ruled Earth and its colony worlds with ruthless benevolence, suffocating the human spirit for millennia—until the time of the Rediscovery of Man, when the strange, lost concept of freedom was reborn....An extraordinary vision of a future unique in science fiction, praised by readers, critics, and major writers in the field.
The Rediscovery Of Man
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Author : Cordwainer Smith
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-11-30
The Rediscovery Of Man written by Cordwainer Smith and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-30 with Fiction categories.
Welcome to the strangest, most distinctive future ever imagined by a science fiction writer. An interstellar empire ruled by the mysterious Lords of the Instrumentality, whose access to the drug stroon, from the planet Norstrilia, confers on them virtual immortality. A world in which wealthy and leisured humanity is served by the underpeople, genetically engineered animals turned into the semblance of people. A world in which the great ships which sail between the stars are eventually supplanted by the mysterious, instantaneous technique of planoforming. A world of wonder and myth, and extraordinary imagination.
Quest Of The Three Worlds
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Author : Cordwainer Smith
language : en
Publisher: Gollancz
Release Date : 1987
Quest Of The Three Worlds written by Cordwainer Smith and has been published by Gollancz this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with categories.
Under Old Earth And Other Explorations
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Author : Cordwainer Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Under Old Earth And Other Explorations written by Cordwainer Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Science fiction, American categories.
Science Fiction And The Prediction Of The Future
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Author : Gary Westfahl
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
Science Fiction And The Prediction Of The Future written by Gary Westfahl and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
Science fiction has always challenged readers with depictions of the future. Can the genre actually provide glimpses of the world of tomorrow? This collection of fifteen international and interdisciplinary essays examines the genre's predictions and breaks new ground by considering the prophetic functions of science fiction films as well as SF literature. Among the texts and topics examined are classic stories by Murray Leinster, C. L. Moore, and Cordwainer Smith; 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequels, Japanese anime and Hong Kong cinema; and electronic fiction.
The Norton Book Of Science Fiction
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Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
language : en
Publisher: R.S. Means Company
Release Date : 1993
The Norton Book Of Science Fiction written by Ursula K. Le Guin and has been published by R.S. Means Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Fiction categories.
A collection of sixty-seven contemporary American science fiction stories includes contributions by Poul Anderson, Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Samuel R. Delany, and Philip K. Dick
The Oxford Book Of Science Fiction Stories
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Author : Tom Shippey
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2003-01
The Oxford Book Of Science Fiction Stories written by Tom Shippey and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01 with Fiction categories.
A collection of classic science fiction short stories features tales by H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clark, Frederik Pohl, Clifford Simak, Brian Aldiss, Ursala K. LeGuin, and many others. Edited by the author of The Road to Middle-Earth. 20,000 first printing.