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Cordwainer Smith

Born

in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The United States

July 11, 1913

Died

August 06, 1966

Website

http://www.cordwainersmith.com/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Politics

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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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Cordwainer Smith’s books

Average rating: 4.1 · 21,604 ratings · 1,430 reviews · 212 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith, Chris Moore (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 3,328 ratings — published 1975 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Norstrilia 4.03 avg rating — 2,507 ratings — published 1975 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Instrumentality of Mankind by Cordwainer Smith, Michael Herring (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 1,506 ratings — published 1979 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith by Cordwainer Smith, James A. Mann (Editor), John J. Pierce (Introduction) 4.37 avg rating — 1,142 ratings — published 1993 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scanners Live in Vain 4.01 avg rating — 566 ratings — published 1950 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Game of Rat and Dragon 4.05 avg rating — 459 ratings — published 1955 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quest of the Three Worlds 3.76 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 1965 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Planet Buyer by Cordwainer Smith, Peter Bramley (Illustrator) 3.84 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 1964 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We the Underpeople 4.19 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 1968 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ballad of Lost C'mell 3.83 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 1962 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Cordwainer Smith

Instrumentality of Mankind (7 books)
by

Cordwainer Smith

4.11 avg rating — 9,345 ratings

L'Instrumentalité (4 books)
by

Cordwainer Smith,

Anthony Lewis,

Simone Hilling (Traduction),

Pierre-Paul Durastanti (Translator)

4.06 avg rating — 4,112 ratings

Los señores de la Instrumentalidad (4 books)
by

Cordwainer Smith

4.00 avg rating — 3,083 ratings

The Rediscovery of Man (2 books)
by

Cordwainer Smith

4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings

Quotes by Cordwainer Smith (?)

“We shall take a star out of the skies and shall set thousands of worlds on fire...”
― Cordwainer Smith, The Rediscovery of Man

tags: fiction, fire, on, revolution, science, stars, world

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“Joan commented, upon sentence, "My body is your property, but my love is not. My love is my own, and I shall love you fiercely while you kill me.”
― Cordwainer Smith, The Rediscovery of Man

tags: d-joan, love, underpeople

6 likes

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

tags: science-fiction

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Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente

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Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein

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Norstrilia by Cordwainer Smith

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Gun, With Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem

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Immortality, Inc. by Robert Sheckley

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