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The Rediscovery of Man
Cordwainer Smith
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Description for The Rediscovery of Man
Paperback. The best short fiction of acclaimed SF author Cordwainer Smith. Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
S.F. Masterworks
Condition
New
Weight
276g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780575094246
SKU
V9780575094246
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About Cordwainer Smith
Cordwainer Smith (1913 - 1966) Cordwainer Smith was the most famous pen name of US foreign policy adviser Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger. Born in Milwaukee in 1913, his godfather was the Chinese revolutionary and political leader, Sun Yat-sen - the result of his political activist father's close ties with leaders of the Chinese revolution. Smith held a PhD in ... Read more
Reviews for The Rediscovery of Man
Read this. Cordwainer Smith is timeless. - Terry Pratchett. Smith's instrumentality is the most complex and lyrical of all future histories, redolent with future antiquity. It is a history of a mankind transformed, oddly convincingly, by a relentless series of changes - war, genetic engineering, interstellar travel, immortality - and Smith's remarkable, rich prose gives shivery hints of a ... Read more