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Book Synopsis The Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith by : Karen L. Hellekson
Download or read book The Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith written by Karen L. Hellekson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Also discussed are Smith's published and unpublished novel-length non-science fiction, his revision process, the true man-underpeople dichotomy in his published and unpublished short fiction, and his only published novel-length science fiction work Norstrilia.
Download or read book Norstrilia written by Cordwainer Smith and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his ultra-logical computer tells him that to survive he must become the richest man in the universe, Rod McBan the hundred and fifty-first thought he had a good plan. A telepathic cripple, rejected by many of his people, owner of the Station of Doom, the safety of wealth would keep him safe. In one crowded, unbelievable night he achieved the impossible, became the richest boy in the galaxy. But Rod McBan will soon discover that money brings trouble. A galaxy of people and other beings - out to rob him, use him or kill him!
Book Synopsis The Rediscovery of Man by : Cordwainer Smith
Download or read book The Rediscovery of Man written by Cordwainer Smith and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Best of Cordwainer Smith by : Cordwainer Smith
Download or read book Best of Cordwainer Smith written by Cordwainer Smith and published by Phoenix Pick. This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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,
Book Synopsis The Game of Rat and Dragon by : Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
Download or read book The Game of Rat and Dragon written by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis We the Underpeople by : Cordwainer Smith
Download or read book We the Underpeople written by Cordwainer Smith and published by Baen. This book was released on 2008-07-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a far-flung future, planoforming ships knit together a galaxy ruled from Earth by the ruthless benevolence of the mysterious Lords of the Instrumentality, who presided over a utopia without death, danger—or freedom. The Underpeople, humanlike beings created from animals to do the work of utopia, had no rights, and could be disposed of at the whim of a human. But they had become more humanlike than their creators, and their leader, the cat woman C’Mell, had a plan for gaining their freedom—which made her much too dangerous a person to be permitted to live. Elsewhere in the galaxy, the planet Norstrilia had power of its own, for it was the only source of stroon, the drug which arrested aging and made humans immortal. Its inhabitants were wealthy beyond comprehension, and one of them, a boy named Rod McBan, with the help of his computer, had manipulated the galactic economy until he completely owned the planet Earth—which made him much too dangerous a person to be permitted to live. But when Rod came to Earth and joined forces with C’Mell and the Underpeople, the petrified utopia of the Instrumentality began to crack and fall apart as freedom was reborn in the galaxy. . . .
Book Synopsis When the People Fell by : Cordwainer Smith
Download or read book When the People Fell written by Cordwainer Smith and published by Baen. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future by : Gary Westfahl
Download or read book Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future written by Gary Westfahl and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis On the Storm Planet by : Cordwainer Smith
Download or read book On the Storm Planet written by Cordwainer Smith and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the Storm Planet' is a science fiction novel by Cordwainer Smith. It is his second story featuring Casher O'Neill, who the Administrator of the planet Henriada has ordered to kill a girl. O'Neill is sent from Henriada to his homeworld of Mizzer and gets badly sunburned, although his mental capabilities recover more or less unimpaired. A must-read for sci-fi lovers.
Book Synopsis Scanners Live in Vain by : Cordwainer Smith
Download or read book Scanners Live in Vain written by Cordwainer Smith and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Scanners Live in Vain" is an incredible science fiction set in the distant future, when traveling to space has become routine. However, to resist the unexplained pain of space, humans are converted into "scanners," so they don't have any senses except the ability to see and hear. This short work showcases Cordwainer Smith's vision of the future and its authorities.
Book Synopsis The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A by : Robert Silverberg
Download or read book The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A written by Robert Silverberg and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mysteries and marvels of the science fiction world are brought to life in this compilation of stories representing the work of major authors in this field.
Book Synopsis Concordance to Cordwainer Smith by : Anthony R. Lewis
Download or read book Concordance to Cordwainer Smith written by Anthony R. Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Positions and Presuppositions in Science Fiction by : Darko Suvin
Download or read book Positions and Presuppositions in Science Fiction written by Darko Suvin and published by Springer. This book was released on 1988-06-18 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Quest of the Three Worlds by : Cordwainer Smith
Download or read book Quest of the Three Worlds written by Cordwainer Smith and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gem Planet, the Storm Planet, the Sand Planet . . . one of these three marvel worlds held the secret Casher O'Neill sought. Casher had wandered the inhabited galaxy seeking justice, seeking the cosmic power that would enable him to return to his home world and overthrow its usurper. But in the search he found much more than he had sought, for there were things more incredible among the stars than he had dreamed of.
Book Synopsis The Dead Lady of Clown Town by : Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
Download or read book The Dead Lady of Clown Town written by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Dead Lady of Clown Town" by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Book Synopsis The Best of Cordwainer Smith by : Cordwainer Smith
Download or read book The Best of Cordwainer Smith written by Cordwainer Smith and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Modern Classic Short Novels Of Science Fiction by : Gardner Dozois
Download or read book Modern Classic Short Novels Of Science Fiction written by Gardner Dozois and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 675 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novella is, in the words of Gardner Dozois, "a perfect length for a science fiction story: long enough to enable you to flesh out the details of a strange alien world or a bizarre future society...and yet, still short enough for the story to pack a real punch." The thirteen masterpieces assembled in Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction travel to the farthest reaches of the imagination, through realms of immortality, along alternate paths of time and across vast galaxies to explore the best of all imaginable worlds.
