Cordwainer Smith

Author profile

born

July 11, 1913 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The United States

died

August 06, 1966

gender

male

website

http://www.cordwainersmith.com/

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Politics

About this author

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Pseudonym of:
Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

Linebarger also employed the literary pseudonyms "Carmichael Smith" (for his political thriller Atomsk), "Anthony Bearden" (for his poetry) and "Felix C. Forrest" (for the novels Ria and Carola).

Linebarger was also a noted East Asia scholar and expert in psychological warfare.

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Books by Cordwainer Smith

Average rating: 4.17 · 2,671 ratings · 193 reviews · 65 distinct works

	The Rediscovery of Man 4.20 avg rating — 451 ratings — published 1975 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Norstrilia 4.00 avg rating — 415 ratings — published 1975 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Instrumentality of Mankind 4.21 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1979 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Quest of the Three Worlds 3.78 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1966 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Scanners Live in Vain 4.49 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1949 — 3 editions	My rating:
	We the Underpeople by Cordwainer Smith, Hank Davis (Editor) 4.11 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1968 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Game of Rat and Dragon by Cordwainer Smith, Smith, Cordwainer 4.22 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1955 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Planet Buyer 3.73 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1964 — 4 editions	My rating:
	When the People Fell 4.17 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	You Will Never Be The Same 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1963 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Series by Cordwainer Smith

Instrumentality of Mankind (7 books)
by Cordwainer Smith, Hank Davis (Editor)

4.18 avg rating — 1,460 ratings

VGSF Classics #25 (1 book)
by Cordwainer Smith

4.20 avg rating — 451 ratings

Quotes by Cordwainer Smith

“There is no time for fear. It's much too interesting.”
― Cordwainer Smith, The Rediscovery of Man

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“The revolution lasted six minutes and covered one hundred an twelve meters.”
― Cordwainer Smith

tags: revolution , science-fiction

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“... crowding together to see something which would ease the boredom of perfection and time.”
― Cordwainer Smith, The Rediscovery of Man

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