The Rediscovery of Man

#10 SF Masterworks

Cordwainer Smith

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Gollancz
10 May 2010

Science fiction; Future Society; GALAXY Special Event 1

Series: SF Masterworks0

Welcome to the strangest, most distinctive future ever imagined by a science fiction writer.

An insterstellar 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.

By: Cordwainer Smith
Imprint: Gollancz
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 319g
ISBN: 9780575094246
ISBN 10: 0575094249
Series: SF Masterworks0
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 10 May 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cordwainer Smith (1913-66) was the pseudonym used by American author Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger for his SF works.

Reviews for The Rediscovery of Man (#10 SF Masterworks)

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 darkly imagined universe extending far beyond the boundaries of the stories. Lush, strange, unique, a treasure. - Stephen Baxter.